News and Features

Ruth Smeeth: “We must make sure that journalism survives the pandemic”

by Ruth Anderson | 17 Jul 2020

The plight of the Uighurs shows that we must ensure their stories continue to be reported

The Harpers open debate letter: a reading list

by Orna Herr | 10 Jul 2020

The signatories to a letter in Harpers magazine about open debate are familiar to Index magazine

Interview with Nadine Strossen: “People should feel free to engage in respectful but robust and highly critical debate”

by Index on Censorship | 10 Jul 2020

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Index on Censorship's editor in chief Rachael Jolley speaks with Professor Nadine Strossen of New York Law School and a former head of the American Civil Liberties Union. Strossen is one of 150 writers and...

Ruth Smeeth: “Free speech is a force for good”

by Ruth Anderson | 10 Jul 2020

150 writers and academics have signed an open letter saying the forces of illiberalism are gaining strength throughout the world

Index joins #HoldTheLine campaign in support of Maria Ressa and independent media in the Philippines

by Index on Censorship | 9 Jul 2020

Campaign takes its name from Ressa’s commitment to ‘hold the line’ in response to sustained state harassment and prolific online violence

Malta: Renewed call for justice 1,000 days after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia

by Index on Censorship | 9 Jul 2020

Index on Censorship joins 12 other organisations in calling on Maltese authorities to honour her legacy and ensure that those implicated in her murder are brought to justice

Ruth Smeeth: “From Ethiopia to Hong Kong, we will not abandon you”

by Ruth Anderson | 3 Jul 2020

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="114148" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]Following the news this week has been harrowing. Beyond the ongoing awful deaths from Covid-19 and the daily redundancy notices...