The Winter issue of Index magazine highlights the battles fought by theatre of resistance across the world and how they've been enduring different forms of censorship. Writer Jonathan Maitland dives deeply into the history of theatre censorship in...
CATEGORY: Middle East and North Africa

Who is 2021’s Tyrant of the Year? WINNER ANNOUNCED
The individual who has been voted the most oppressive in 2021 by Index readers has been named

Internet shutdowns: Sudan’s censorship tool of choice
The African state regularly blocks access to the web when protests flare up and the recent military coup is no different

Richard Ratcliffe: The UK Government needs to look long and hard at its hostage policy
The husband of jailed British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe talks about the reasons for his hunger strike as it enters its 16th day

Contents – Climate of fear: The silencing of the planet’s indigenous peoples
The Autumn issue of Index magazine focuses on the struggle for environmental justice by indigenous campaigners. Anticipating the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, in November, we've chosen to give voice to people who are...

Call for the immediate and unconditional release of Egyptian human rights defender Abdelrahman ‘Moka’ Tarek
Index and nine other organisations call for Moka’s release as he receives the 2021 Freedom of Expression Awards

Banned Books Week 2021: Poetry in Protest
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="117512" img_size="full"][vc_column_text] Marking Banned Books Week 2021, Index on Censorship and the British Library present a conversation with poets at the frontlines of protest movements...

Campaigning 2021
Abdelrahman Tarek is the winner in the 2021 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Campaigning category

Champions of free expression celebrated at Index on Censorship awards
Winners from Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Niger and the UK named at ceremony

Why journalists need emergency safe havens
Journalists tell Index how a new type of visa is vital to protect lives and stop media censorship. Rachael Jolley reports