Hungary’s very own merry pranksters have gone from street performers to a principled voice against intolerance
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#IndexAwards2017: Luaty Beirão singing against the Angolan regime
The Angolan rapper has been beaten, censored and imprisoned for his art and his activism, but goes on undetered
The best job in the world: Gabriel García Márquez on journalism
Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, who died on 17 April, wrote this piece on the evolution of journalism for Index on Censorship magazine in 1997.
#IndexAwards 2017: Chinese cartoonist Rebel Pepper refuses to put down his pen
Despite persecution for his work, Rebel Pepper continues to satirise the Chinese state from a life in exile
Mapping Media Freedom: Five journalists detained in Belarus after covering protest against unemployment tax
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European Union and neighbouring countries.
#IndexAwards2017: Fahmi Reza’s art is a weapon against corruption
The Malaysian artist’s depiction of the country’s prime minister as an evil clown saw him face possible jail time.
Semih Poroy: Turkey’s place in the world
A cartoonist for the daily Cumhuriyet shares his take on Turkey on the international stage.
Is free speech in jeopardy on UK campuses?
Many universities pay lip service to freedom of speech on campus, but actions often tell a different story
Ece Temelkuran: What will become of Erdogan’s little clones when he’s gone?
A country’s leadership sets the tone, but can also penetrate the very fabric of the public’s existence igniting a metamorphosis that creates political clones
Lindsey Hilsum: The danger of reporting behind the lines
In the summer 2016 issue of Index on Censorship magazine award-winning journalist Lindsey Hilsum asks if reporters should still be heading to warzones.