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China media giant Tencent gags anti-censorship website FreeWeChat
The website of anti-censorship organisation GreatFire.org’s platform dedicated to exposing Chinese government censorship of WeChat is taken offline by US hosting provider Vultr
Beijing is punishing Japan – and its own young people – by pulling the plug on pop concerts
The cancellations follow remarks on Taiwan by the Japanese Prime Minister
Index on Censorship seeks new Development Officer
Index is on the hunt for a new development officer
The price to be paid for making films in Iran
Celebrated Iranian film director Jafar Panahi talks to Index about his latest film It was Just an Accident – released in UK cinemas from 5 December – and explains why despite being imprisoned and censored, he won’t stop making movies in his home country
MAGA 101: Inside Trump’s fast-track masterclass in undermining academic freedom
A report on the impact of the Trump administration’s assault on research and teaching in the United States and what the future might hold for free expression in academia in other democracies
Frank Furedi: The new face of right-wing free speech
Index talks to the director of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium which is hosting a conference this week entitled the Battle for the Soul of Europe
Ukraine: Trump’s peace plan is none of those three things
The 28-point outline has clear Russian origins and will not end the war plus Zelensky has his own problems
Dissidents have started challenging Saudi Arabia and Bahrain through the UK courts
Victims of unlawful state surveillance are refusing to back down
In memory of Sir Tom Stoppard, a visionary dramatist and fierce champion of free expression
A longtime Index patron and contributor, Stoppard was one of the greatest playwrights of his time and a relentless defender of free expression