Index on Censorship has intervened in a case with important freedom of expression ramifications
Statement on the Maya Forstater tribunal
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Index on Censorship
Urgent action is needed to defend our media
As the 2021 Council of Europe Platform report is published, Index on Censorship and its partners call for the urgent implementation of the report’s recommendations
100 days in prison in Belarus: MP calls for Andrei Aliaksandrau’s release
As our former colleague spends his 100th day in detention, Christine Jardine MP joins our call for his immediate and unconditional release
China: A century of silencing dissent
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="116569" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Join us for the launch of the new Index on Censorship magazine, China: A century of silencing dissent. In this special...
Russia: Drop all charges against Yulia Tsvetkova
Award-winning artist faces six years in jail for her work promoting body positivity and women’s rights
Judges named for 2021 Freedom of Expression Awards
Acclaimed writer Fatima Bhutto, Turner Prize-winning sculptor Anish Kapoor and campaigner Ailbhe Smyth to judge awards
A letter to HMIC head Sir Tom Winsor on protest policing
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The following are extracts from a letter to Sir Tom Winsor, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, from Alice O'Keeffe, an associate editor who worked on the HMIC report, Getting the balance right: An...
Twenty-four organisations express solidarity with the Swedish media outlet Realtid
Index among those bodies supporting journalists ahead of the first hearing in their UK defamation case
Index welcomes the launch of the National Action Plan to protect journalists
The plan has been developed with the National Committee, of which Index is a member
Equatorial Guinea: Journalist Delfin Mocache Massoko facing threats over corruption investigation
South African court demands apology from lawyer linked to country’s ruling Obiang family
Protest & Repression Around the Globe: A roundtable discussion on Hong Kong, Thailand, Russia and Belarus
Rachel Long, Elif Shafak and Jacqueline Woodson explore what ‘freedom’ means in the culture of traditional publishing. Chaired by Urvashi Butalia and part of Banned Books Week
Index condemns the removal of Radio Television Hong Kong’s director of broadcasting
Veteran journalist Leung Ka-wing has been replaced by a civil servant six months before his contract was due to expire