On 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie, the author of the book The Satanic Verses, was attacked as he prepared to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, an arts and education centre in New York state.
The media outlet had requested details of dealings between government entities and Media Today co-owner Saviour Balzan
Index on Censorship is concerned at the lawsuits that have been filed against journalist Malachi O’Doherty and columnist Ruth Dudley Edwards. Both are being sued individually by Sinn Féin politician Gerry Kelly MLA, who is claiming aggravated...
Dominic Raab to announce legislative measures that includes recommendations from coalition co-led by Index on Censorship
Political parties introduce charges for journalists’ access to conferences. Alliance of media and free speech organisations warns any charges will restrict open democracy
Dear readers and viewers, We thought this day would never come, even as we were warned in the first of week of December last year that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would be handing down a ruling against us. Because we have acted in...
Index joins other organisations in calling for the UK Government to abandon proposals that would weaken or replace the Human Rights Act
The summer issue of Index magazine concentrated its efforts on the developing situation between Russia and Ukraine and consequential effects around Europe and the world. We decided to give voice to journalists, artists and dissidents who chose to...
Volume 51.02 Summer 2022
Join Index on Censorship and Pushkin House for a night discussing freedom of expression in Russia as part of the launch of the latest issue of Index on Censorship magazine. The 2022 summer magazine looks at how the Russian invasion in Ukraine...
Home Secretary Priti Patel’s decision will have a chilling effect on journalism and put the Wikileaks founder at risk
Cineworld has cancelled all UK screenings of a film in what sets a worrying precedent