FEATURED
DON'T GIVE UP ON MYANMAR
By Jemimah Steinfeld
The country has a vibrant future believes author Oliver Slow, despite the military junta's attacks on dissent
NEWS
LATEST FROM INDEX ON CENSORSHIP
Last Thursday, human rights organisation Anotherway Now hosted a screening of the Sky News documentary ‘Defying the Taliban: women at war in Afghanistan’. This was...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="120972" img_size="full" add_caption="yes"][vc_column_text]Recent estimates suggest that India has now overtaken China in...
Be the first to hear from uncensored writers and artists
For over 50 years, Index has published work by censored writers and artists. Subscribe to our email newsletter to get regular updates from our incredible contributors.
Index on Censorship campaigns for and defends free expression, promotes debate, and monitors threats to free speech worldwide.
Index relies entirely on the support of donors and readers to do its work. Help us keep amplifying censored voices today.
MAGAZINE
LATEST ISSUE: VOLUME 52.01 SPRING 2023
Modi's India: The Age of Intolerance
GALLERY
ARTWORK BY DISSIDENTS
Index commissions censored and exiled artists and illustrators from around the world
FROM THE ARCHIVES
INDEX WRITERS
Ruth Anderson
CEO[ba_post_list include_categories="41669" order="DESC" posts_number="4" show_date="on" date_format="d M y" list_type="grid" items="2" item_spacing="11px"...
Ruth Anderson
-
25 years of the Good Friday Agreement
Why others locked in seemingly intractable disputes should look back on the events of 10 April 1998
-
Repeat after me: the BBC is a public sector broadcaster
In the wake of the Gary Lineker row, many prominent politicians and public figures called the BBC a state broadcaster - an erroneous mislabelling
-
The women who paid the ultimate price
For International Women's Day, we name just some of the women who were killed simply for what they said
-
Regulating political advertising in Europe threatens freedom of expression
Proposed new EU rules that would see all online content advancing political views restricted, even if it is posted by citizens and journalists
Jemimah Steinfeld
Editor-in-chief[ba_post_list order="DESC" posts_number="4" show_date="on" date_format="d M y" list_type="grid" items="2" item_spacing="11px" item_padding="3px|0px|17px|0px|false|false"...
Jemimah Steinfeld
-
Don’t give up on Myanmar
The country has a vibrant future believes author Oliver Slow, despite the military junta's attacks on dissent
-
Censoring Roald Dahl is not the answer, just a problem
Rewording Dahl's classics sets a worrying precedent. Instead of censoring his works we should invest in promoting new, diverse talent
-
Hong Kong’s travesty of a show trial begins
The Hong Kong 47 are now on trial. There is nothing free or fair about this
-
We need to end SLAPPs now
The UK’s legal structure continues to let oligarchs bully reporters
Katie Dancey-Downs
Assistant Editor[ba_post_list order="DESC" posts_number="4" show_date="on" date_format="d M y" list_type="grid" items="2" item_spacing="11px" item_padding="3px|0px|17px|0px|false|false"...
Katie Dancey-Downs
-
The daily risks taken by Afghanistan’s female journalists
Life for women in the media has been bleak since the Taliban takeover, and experts don’t see that changing anytime soon
-
The shock waves from Turkey’s Twitter restriction
Criticism of the Turkish government in the wake of this week's deadly earthquakes led to the blocking of the social media platform
-
Two years on: The dwindling freedoms following Myanmar’s military coup
On the second anniversary of the coup, democracy in the country is slipping further away. A Burmese-led organisation and an exiled journalist descr...
-
‘We won!’ Maria Ressa’s victory is a win for global media freedom
As a Philippines tax court acquits veteran journalist Maria Ressa, she and Rappler celebrate - and continue to hold the line
Martin Bright
Editor at large[ba_post_list order="DESC" posts_number="4" show_date="on" date_format="d M y" list_type="grid" items="2" item_spacing="11px" item_padding="3px|0px|17px|0px|false|false"...
Martin Bright
-
New play gives a voice to the forgotten Crimean Tatars
The powerful work tells the stories of indigenous Tatar dissidents and their families on the Russian-occupied peninsula
-
Journalism is at risk from the National Security Bill. We’re fighting back
Imagine a country where the authorities target investigative journalists as spies, and outlaw news and campaigning organisations that receive forei...
-
Mikhail Gorbachev: the Soviet leader who learned to love freedom of expression
The former president, who has died at the age of 91, wrote presciently in the pages of Index on Censorship
-
A memorial for the man who told the world about the Babyn Yar massacre
Anatoly Kuznetsov is the author of Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel. His memoir is a masterpiece of Ukrainian literature and a testament...
Francis Clarke
Administrator[ba_post_list include_categories="42896" order="DESC" posts_number="4" show_date="on" date_format="d M y" list_type="grid" items="2" item_spacing="11px"...
Francis Clarke
-
Argument for urgent intervention in Jimmy Lai case laid bare in new report
Pressure on UK government to intervene in Lai case highlighted in a new report, which exposes the destruction of media freedom in Hong Kong
-
Defying the Taliban – A stark reminder of the collapse of Afghan women’s rights
Last Thursday, human rights organisation Anotherway Now hosted a screening of the Sky News documentary ‘Defying the Taliban: women at war in Afghan...
-
Bunker Cabaret: From the bomb shelters of Kyiv to Somerset House
Ukranian collective explores the making of art in time of war
-
Seeing Auschwitz is a timely reminder of the importance of documenting atrocities
A new exhibition in London takes a different viewpoint on the horrors of the Holocaust
Jessica Ní Mhainín
Editor[ba_post_list include_categories="42898" order="DESC" posts_number="4" show_date="on" date_format="d M y" list_type="grid" items="2" item_spacing="11px"...
Mark Frary
Associate Editor[ba_post_list include_categories="42892" order="DESC" posts_number="4" show_date="on" date_format="d M y" list_type="grid" items="2" item_spacing="11px"...
Mark Frary
-
India tightens grip on social media platforms
New rules that force platforms to "fact-check" content relating to government business are deeply concerning, say digital rights activists
-
Salma al-Shehab becomes the latest Saudi prisoner to go on hunger strike
The 34-year-old mother of two was sentenced to 34 years for exercising her freedom of expression
-
Those who refuse to despair
Today, 27 January, is the birthday of our former colleague Andrei Aliaksandrau, another one spent in jail thanks to his opposition to the regime of...
-
Ramita Navai: No turning back from Iran’s women-led uprising
The British-Iranian journalist and author of the award-winning City of Lies speaks about the growing protests in her homeland
CAMPAIGNS
