Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
The week in free expression: 19–25 April 2025
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Mackenzie Argent
The week in free expression: 29 March–4 April 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
The week in free expression
Index rounds up some of the biggest stories in the global free speech landscape from the past seven days
Could Donald Trump’s administration be a double-edged sword for free speech?
We speak with the USA-based non-profit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) about the new president’s complicated approach to free expression
The war on drill
The police are disproportionately censoring and criminalising music by young Black men, with drill at the forefront
The hypocrisy of how Western democracies respond to protest
Nations in the “Global North” continue to crack down on protests and freedom of expression, while condemning similar actions abroad