Laugh and the World Laughs with Me is an intimate short story of a young woman who has a schizophrenic brother, set against the backdrop of the Tahrir Square demonstrations, from Egyptian writer Eman Abdelrahim.
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Cases against Academics for Peace have become emblematic of the attacks on freedom of expression in Turkey
On 26 July 2019, Turkey’s highest court brought new hope to Turkish academics when it ruled that ten educators who had signed the petition “We will not be a Party to This Crime!” (Bu Suça Ortak Olmayacağız) had been tried unfairly and in violation of their rights.Â
China seeks to influence academic freedom on foreign campuses
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/b21faoXVpM4"][vc_column_text]“Students in the United States must be free to express their views,...
Pakistan’s media forced into self-censorship
Pakistan’s journalists have faced harassment and interference, pressure on media owners is common, and the government has taken to interrupting the distribution of news it dislikes.
New free speech campaign to train up advocates in UK and US
Index on Censorship, one of the world’s leading freedom of expression groups, wants to reverse the trend of free speech being pitted against advocacy for social change.
Syrian photographer documents destruction by walking tightrope
His absolute independence is what saved him in all the years that he stayed in Raqqa, even during the years that Isis was in charge
The people most at risk in Bahrain “are those who choose to freely express themselves”
Index calls on the UK to stand up to the Bahrain government on human rights after police storm the London embassy to protect protester
Free speech was being suppressed in Kashmir for a long time before the latest crisis
We report on the border region’s long-term crackdown on communications well before the latest news blackout. Rituparna Chatterjee, talked to academics and journalists about what it has been like to live there
Cartoonists Rights Network International continues to monitor the loss of cartoonists from media outlets around the world
Since winning the 2019 Index Award for Campaigning, CRNI has been monitoring the situation with Badiucao, a Chinese dissident cartoonist living in exile in Australia
Banned Books Week: Censorship as nightmare
Toni Morrison — a revered author, critic, professor, and editor of literature focussed on the African-American experience — died on the evening of 6 August, due to complications from pneumonia. She was 88.Â
Banned Books Week: Most challenged books of 2018
The top 11 most often banned books of 2018 reveal what kinds of ideas our culture wants to censor — and what audiences are the most likely to be limited because of censorship.
Banned Books Week: A short history of comic book censorship in America
Nothing defined 20th-century American culture quite like the comic book. But soon after after comics rose in popularity, the industry drew criticism.