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This Week at Index: Index’s new tracking map is featured on the BBC
World leaders are refusing to answer perfectly valid journalist questions on coronavirus while we answer questions on our media violations tracking map on the BBC
This Week at Index: 2018 Arts Fellow detained and Woody Allen U-turn
A reading list from the Index archives plus our Slapps survey and 2020 Arts Fellow crowdfunder
This Week at Index: awards shortlist revealed and crowdfunding for artists
Activists from Botswana, Turkmenistan, Bahrain and Turkey nominated in campaigning category; our innovative campaign for censored artists
This Week at Index: Censored artists, awards nominees, libel survey, new law packs
Join our new GoFundMe campaign, journalism awards shortlist and legal guidance on free speech
This Week at Index: Dates for your diary
Events at Free Word and the Bloomsbury Institute, plus talks for International Women’s Day and Essex Book Festival are just some calendar highlights coming up
This Week at Index: 2020 Awards arts nominees, live facial recognition, and oh, would you like to be our new CEO?
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This Week at Index: China’s coronavirus cover-up, alert over NI graffiti
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This Week at Index: Hear from our new free speech champions
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There’s a new free speech crisis gripping the world—and governments aren’t helping (Prospect)
Scottish playwright Jo Clifford is no stranger to controversy. Her play, The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven, casts Jesus as a trans woman, and first aired at Glasgow’s Tron in 2009 to a reception of applause—and protest. But there is...