The arrest of the editor of the Rappler raises concerns for press freedom in the Philippines.
This week at Index: Philippines must end judicial harassment of Maria Ressa
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Thirty years on: the Salman Rushdie fatwa revisited
Thirty years after a fatwa was issued ordering Muslims to execute author Salman Rushdie over the publication of The Satanic Verses, Index publishes a collection of writing on the implications for free expression and censorship
Freedom of expression and the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act
Britain’s new counter-terrorism bill, which passed into law on Tuesday, threatens freedom of expression, Index warns
Student reading list: The Iranian Revolution
Forty years ago the rule of the last shah of Iran came to an end after millions of Iranians, from all social classes, took to the streets in protest
This week at Index: An intolerable intrusion of artistic freedom
More than 130 musicians, writers and artists, together with many British and Ugandan members of parliament, have signed a petition calling on Uganda to drop plans for regulations that include vetting songs, videos and film scripts prior to their release.
Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa doesn’t have the right to shut down the internet
With the ongoing violence, questions are now being asked as to whether Mnangagwa has control over the country, with many believing that Zimbabwe is effectively a military state
Frederike Geerdink: Muslims systematically framed negatively in Dutch newspapers
Historian Tayfun Balcik has been building a database showing how often the word terrorism is used in combination with Muslim, and how Muslim women are represented in four Dutch newspapers.
Lifting the curtain on censorship: Noel Coward’s banned plays brought to life
Marking the 50th anniversary of the end of UK theatre censorship, Index hosted an educational and interactive workshop with young people at the British Library
Birth, marriage and death: Index magazine on Resonance FM
Rachael Jolley, Sally Gimson and Tracey Bagshaw discuss the latest issue which takes a special look at why different societies stop people discussing the most significant events in life
Elif Akgül on the Turkish “virtual patrol squads” going after Kurdish social media users
Already known as the biggest prison for journalists, Turkey is increasingly jailing social media users