On both sides, the space for dialogue has shrunk dramatically – now it’s time to rebuild
With hopes of a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, freedom of expression must be repaired
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Index on Censorship announces 2025 Freedom of Expression awards shortlist
Artists, campaigners and journalists from Palestine, Nigeria and Venezuela among those nominated for the Freedom of Expression Awards
The week in free expression 3 October – 10 October
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Honour killings and the silencing of women in Pakistan
Index explores why this shocking treatment of women still takes place, particularly in tribal areas
Riyadh Comedy Festival: Making the jokes the real comedians can’t
Index presents the gags you won’t have heard in the last two weeks, featuring jokes by AI comedians inspired by Jimmy Carr, Louis C.K. and Jack Whitehall
Banned Books Week: The author writing to stop history repeating itself
Rachel Seiffert is confronting her family’s Nazi past to prevent the world making the same mistakes in the future
Free speech tested at party conferences
Political parties in the UK must allow critical voices in
Index joins call for robust protections against transnational repression in the higher education sector
Film maker and postgrad researcher Roshaan Khattak was targeted after researching enforced disappearances in BalochistanÂ
The week in free expression 26 September – 3 October
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Yemeni journalists caught between Israeli airstrikes and authoritarian crackdown
Survivors of deadly September attack describe fear and equipment losses while facing arrest threats from multiple armed groups