Demonstrations by design are meant to disrupt normal activity and to annoy and irritate the establishment
We defend the right to protest, even during a pandemic
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Ruth Anderson
CEO at Index On Censorship
Why what is happening in Hong Kong and Xinjiang is not an internal affair
People are being arrested, being disappeared and are dying on our watch
It is women who are paying the ultimate price for their beliefs
Young protestors and reporters have given their lives in the past week in Myanmar and Afghanistan
Index statement on Alexei Navalny
Putin critic has been sent to a Russian penal colony following his show trials
Speech should be free but not of consequences
Rather than genuinely tackling the thornier issues, we’re seeing calls for more regulations online as a quick fix
We need Andrei Aliaksandrau and 254 others in Belarus back home
Lukashenko’s government has doubled down by raiding the homes and offices of activists and journalists
Loujain al-Hathloul’s release gives everyone hope
The women’s rights activist has been released after 1,001 days in a Saudi jail but the struggle continues
The British Government has zero moral authority
The UK cannot claim the moral high ground when it is preventing its own journalists from doing their jobs
Under cover of Covid, too many people have stopped paying attention
Authoritarian leaders are restricting freedom of expression while we battle the pandemic
Behind Belarus’ shocking statistics are real people
There are 187 political prisoners in Belarus. Each of them is a real person, with a family and a life
Letter to Rt Hon Dominic Raab on Andrei Aliaksandrau
Rt. Hon. Dominic Raab MP First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dear Foreign Secretary, Earlier this week, one of Index on Censorship’s friends and former colleague, journalist Andrei...
Letter to the ambassador of Belarus on Andrei Aliaksandrau
Dear HE Ambassador Yermalovich, Index on Censorship expresses our alarm at the detention in Belarus of our friend and former colleague, journalist Andrei Aliaksandrau. As you will be aware Aliaksandrau was detained along with his partner, Irina...