Organisers of cultural events such as Glastonbury, Boardmasters and the Edinburgh Fringe are struggling with how to deal with pro-Palestinian acts
Summer festivals grapple with censorship
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CATEGORY: Israel
The week in free expression: 9 August – 15 August 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Israel’s systematic war on Palestinian journalists is a war on press freedom everywhere
Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues from Al Jazeera were killed in a targeted attack because they refused to be silenced
The week in free expression: 26 July – 1 August 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Shadow of Gaza conflict hangs over education
Schools and universities in the war zone have been destroyed. Attempts to write about it have been silenced
Contents – Land of the Free? Trump’s war on speech at home and abroad
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Palestine Action proscription and Afghan data leak test UK’s commitment to free expression
Recent news has called into question whether certain UK laws are too broad and ill-defined to protect our speech rights
Attacked on all fronts in the West Bank
Diala Ayesh, a Palestinian human rights lawyer, was imprisoned for a year in an Israeli jail for unknown reasons. Index speaks to her about the dangers she faces from both Israeli and Palestinian authorities
How Iran and Israel control information
Two journalists, brought together by conflict, offer their perspectives on how the truth about war is obscured by their own governments
The week in free expression: 5 –11 July 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days