Category: <span>Poland</span>

Israel: Free expression hangs in the balance

The attack on the Supreme Court is just one way in which due process and dissent are coming under fire

Academic freedom under threat for more than 50% of world’s population

The ability to express and discuss ideas openly is being curtailed in univerisites, new data published by the Academic Freedom Index reveals

Ordinary people, extraordinary times

by Ruth Anderson | 27 Jan 23

Our CEO Ruth Anderson reflects on the theme of this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day

Contents – The beautiful game? Qatar, football and freedom

by Index on Censorship | 05 Oct 22

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The autumn issue of Index takes as its central theme the FIFA World Cup that will take place in Qatar in November...

Theatre censorship: An index reading list

by Guilherme Osinski | 05 Aug 22

Index on Censorship has always supported the theatre of resistance, and our Winter 2021 magazine even had this issue as its main theme. In Belarus,...

Contents – The battle for Ukraine: Artists, journalists and dissidents respond

by Index on Censorship | 22 Jun 22

The summer issue of Index magazine concentrated its efforts on the developing situation between Russia and Ukraine and consequential effects around...

Democracies are losing their moral authority to intervene

by Ruth Anderson | 06 May 22

When our leaders opt in and out of laws and norms they don’t like then repressive regimes thrive and their citizens are the ones that suffer

The free speech Euros: Group E

by Benjamin Lynch | 23 Jun 21

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In celebration of one of football’s biggest international tournaments, here is Index’s guide to the free speech...

Under cover of Covid, too many people have stopped paying attention

by Ruth Anderson | 29 Jan 21

Authoritarian leaders are restricting freedom of expression while we battle the pandemic

Doing their masters’ bidding: Media smear campaigns in central and eastern Europe

by Paula Kennedy | 21 Dec 18

Unpatriotic behaviour. Sedition. Being in the pay of shadowy external forces. Faking a neo-Nazi event. These are just a few of the charges that have recently been levelled against independent journalists by pro-government media outlets in several central and eastern European countries.