The boom in surveillance technology sales is chilling free speech. We need to wake up to this reality, says Mike Harris
Communications Data Bill: Technology is making dystopia not just possible, but cheap
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Belarusians can’t protest to support jailed Nobel prize nominee, but you can
One year after heroic human rights activist Ales Bialiatski was arrested and jailed on politically-motivated charges, Index asks you to take action in solidarity
Pussy Riot versus the Religarchy
With the opening of the Pussy Riot trial in Moscow this week, Elena Vlasenko explains why the feminist punk collective is a threat to the church-state axis of Putin’s Russia
Pussy Riot versus the Religarchy
With the opening of the Pussy Riot trial in Moscow this week, Elena Vlasenko explains why the feminist punk collective is a threat to the church-state axis of Putin’s Russia
Gore Vidal: The end of liberty
Gore Vidal, who died this week, was often scathing in his attacks on US foreign policy. In April 2002, Index on Censorship magazine was the first English-language publication to feature this essay, written after 9/11
Censorship, self-censorship and the Olympic spirit: Confusion over blocking of BBC content as Olympic rules kick in
Chilling free speech in the name of brands, rights and commercialisation is not what promoting the Olympic spirit is about, says Kirsty Hughes
Read more about Locog’s tactics on our Free Speech Blog
Censorship subverts Olympic ideals
The censorship and control-freakery imposed by Locog makes a mockery of the idea that the London Olympics are open and inclusive, says Kirsty Hughes
Read more about Locog’s tactics on our Free Speech Blog
Belarus declares war on teddy bears
Belarus has now vowed to hold accountable those involved in parachuting teddy bears from a Swedish plane with slogans of human rights into the country, after initially denying their existence. Now there are fears for young journalist Anton Suryapin.
Andrei Aliaksandrau reports
Britain’s half-hearted bid to reform libel law
The Defamation Bill is an achievement, but more must be done to reform England’s libel laws and encourage debate in the public interest, says Rachel Ehrenfeld
Leveson: what have we learned, and where to next?
As the theatrics of the Leveson Inquiry draw to a close, Marta Cooper looks back on the hundreds of hours of evidence in court 73