One of the writers championed by Index on Censorship and English PEN to mark 50 years of the Writers in Prison Committee, Uzbek journalist Djamshid Karimov was released from a psychiatric hospital on 30 November. Djamshid Karimov, nephew of Uzbek...
As British journalism faces the most significant media public inquiry in a generation, Julian Petley talks to former Press Council chief Louis Blom-Cooper
Sanat newspaper editor Rafiq Tagi was stabbed on 19 November in Baku. He was said to be in a stable condition after several hours of surgery. In 2007, Tagi was charged with inciting national, racial and religious enmity after he published an...
The Art Issue: The arrest and detention of Ai Weiwei, China’s most famous artist and Index contributor, caused an international outcry. In an exclusive interview celebrated sculptor Anish Kapoor explains why artists must take a stand for free expression
25 August: Belarus Free Theatre speaks to Index on Censorship
For almost 20 years, artist MF Husain was threatened and his work abused.
Salil Tripathi says goodbye to a controversial and spell-binding master
After four years of wrongful imprisonment, the Azerbaijani government has pardoned journalist Eynulla Fatullayev. Rebecca Vincent reports
An Azerbaijani court sentenced opposition activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev to two years' imprisonment yesterday, 18 May. Hajiyev used Facebook to generate support for the 11 March "Great People's Day" anti-government protests, but was sentenced on a...
As protests in Egypt continue into their seventh day and police return to the streets, at least six journalists were arrested in Cairo earlier today. They were released after about three hours later, amidst unconfirmed reports that the United...