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
Riyadh Comedy Festival: Making the jokes the real comedians can’t
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CATEGORY: Middle East and North Africa
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
Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival: nothing to laugh at
Why are famous British and American comics such as Jimmy Carr and Dave Chappelle now performing in a country notorious for censoring and harassing its own comedians?
Jimmy Kimmel: No laughing matter
From the USA to India leaders can’t take a joke. Comedians are paying the price
The week in free expression 19 September – 26 September
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
The return of Syria’s underground theatre
Twin theatre makers who were pushed out of Syria have now tentatively returned and are just as critical of the new regime
The week in free expression: 12 September – 19 September 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
The week in free expression: 5 September – 12 September 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
These anti-protest laws are what we expect in Putin’s Russia
A personal piece from the long-standing campaigner on how protest rights are being shattered in the UK
The week in free expression: 22 August – 29 August 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days