Index on Censorship is sad to announce the death of Sally Laird on 15 July 2010. Born in 1956, Laird was USSR editor for Index on Censorship between June 1986 and November 1988 and went on to become editor in chief until August 1989. During her...
A recording of a performance of "Numbers", directed by Vladimir Shcherban, performed in secret by the Belarus Free Theatre, an outlaw theatre group in Europe's last dictatorship. Now watch Video: Natalia Koliada on surviving in Europe’s last...
Protesters at London’s Democracy Village have lost their appeal against eviction from Parliament Square. Index witnessed their response to their last eviction deadline and watched events unfold Parliament Square came to a standstill on 2 July,...
Protesters at London's Democracy Village have lost their appeal against eviction from Parliament Square. Read Index's report from the appeal hearing here
On Tuesday, Index on Censorship played host to the Belarus Free Theatre, an outlaw company that defies Europe’s last dictatorship. Award-winning playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who has long associations with both organisations, introduced the evening
Video: Natalia Koliada: “Just imagine, you sit in the evening, you talk to your friend …the next day that friend is kidnapped and killed”
As secret files reveal the UK’s role in abuse and torture, Richard Norton-Taylor addresses Labour’s legacy of secrets, spin and cover-up
The High Court ruling against the controversial disc jockey acknowledged Jon Gaunt’s right to free speech, but failed to uphold it, says Liberty’s Corinna Ferguson
It was the most iconic image of the second intifada: the killing of a Palestinian child. Ten years on, French libel courts are still settling disputes about what really happened at the Netzarim crossroads. Natasha Lehrer reports
The government’s announcement today brings forward the first attempt at wholesale libel law reform in over a century