Our CEO Ruth Smeeth reflects on the passing of former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
“We will not be intimidated by people who do not like what we stand for”
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Ruth Anderson
CEO at Index On Censorship
“My heart is with the people of Ukraine”
Ruth Smeeth is inspired by the collective bravery of women in the face of Putin’s tyranny and violence
Ukraine: “Even in the midst of war there is hope”
Despite the risks, people are voicing their opposition to a conflict that gets dirtier and deadlier by the day
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine will give other tyrants free rein
I have struggled to write this blog. There don’t seem to the right words for something so serious, so terrifying but so utterly predictable. Putin has invaded Ukraine - again. As I write there are Russian bombs falling across Ukraine. Innocent...
We must not let Putin use the Ukraine crisis to bury Navalny trial news
Putin’s biggest critic has just gone on trial in circumstances that are clearly aimed at lessening coverage and outrage
Trying to sanitise our online lives through regulation will just mask tensions
Last weekend I made an error. I posted a photo on my personal social media account of some political campaigning I’d done. As a former MP, it would have surprised no one. It was the very essence of unremarkable. Yet the response this picture of six...
Beijing Olympics: Support the sport but remember the persecuted
As the Games begin in China, do cheer on your country’s athletes but look beyond the sport
“You cannot tell the story of the Holocaust without challenging imagery”
A school in Tennessee has banned a book about the Holocaust. How will we avoid repeating the crimes without open, honest education at the core?
Boris Johnson’s Partygate is a distraction from the important issues
Aggression against protestors in Kazakhstan, hunger in Afghanistan and Covid deaths continue despite the scandals
Keeping watch on China
As British MPs are warned over a Chinese national seeking influence in the UK parliament, Index continues to shine a light on the CCP’s activities globally
Just a week into 2022 and already violations are stacking up
From Kazakhstan to Hong Kong the news is full of horrific stories from around the world. We must use our voices to shout about them
Indigenous people have been silenced on the climate crisis
As the world’s eyes turned to Glasgow for COP26, it was those on the frontline whose voices were not being heard