The final performance of my play Elephant was cancelled in Birmingham, bizarrely the same city where, 13 years ago, my play Behzti was closed after protests turned violent
Censorship has cross-fertilised and gone viral infecting both democracies and their authoritarian counterparts.
Turkey’s academia witch hunt hits Kurdish studies the most
53 international and Russian human rights, media and Internet freedom organisations, strongly condemn the attempts by the Russian Federation to block the Internet messaging service Telegram.
Students from four universities cite race and politics as sensitive topics on campus
All that is solid in the Turkish media melted into air over the past year, and much of the entertainment content have migrated from traditional platforms to streaming services like YouTube and Netflix.
2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award-winning Wendy Funes is an investigative journalist from Honduras who regularly risks her life for her right to report.
2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award-winner Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms is one of the few human rights organisations still operating in Egypt.
New rules urge students to exercise caution when it comes to “offensive” or “inappropriate” material and warn against “bringing the institution into disrepute”
Digital activism group GreatFire launch crowdfunding campaign to fight China’s approach to internet censorship.
On 3 March in Belfort, France, Burkinabe rapper and activist Smockey began a two-month long European tour, despite having his studio destroyed twice in recent years
Index on Censorship statement on UK Prime Minister’s proposals for possible new laws to stop “intimidation” against politicians
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship
