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Index on Censorship condemns lawsuit against journalist and author Oliver Bullough

by Index on Censorship | 29 Sep 2021

Council of Europe media alert filed condemning legal action against the author of Moneyland

Champions of free expression celebrated at Index on Censorship awards

by Index on Censorship | 15 Sep 2021

Winners from Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Niger and the UK named at ceremony

Why journalists need emergency safe havens

by Rachael Jolley | 6 Aug 2021

Journalists tell Index how a new type of visa is vital to protect lives and stop media censorship. Rachael Jolley reports

Contents – Whistleblowers: the lifeblood of democracy

by Index on Censorship | 26 Jul 2021

Index's new issue of the magazine looks at the importance of whistleblowers in upholding our democracies. Featured are stories such as the case of Reality Winner, written by her sister Brittany. Despite being released from prison, the former...

Index on Censorship announces shortlist for 2021 Freedom of Expression Awards

by Index on Censorship | 5 Jul 2021

Imprisoned Egyptian human rights campaigner, Russian feminist performance artist, and persecuted Djiboutian journalists among the shortlisted candidates

Burkina Faso’s media freedom under attack

by Benjamin Lynch | 17 Jun 2021

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Burkina Faso is supposedly one of Africa’s gems when it comes to press freedom. In a continent full of countries with extremely poor records on how they treat the media, the Western African state has,...

Contents – China’s global brand: a century of silencing dissent

by Index on Censorship | 28 Apr 2021

Index looks back on 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party and how their censorship laws continue to shape the lives of people around the world and threaten their right to free speech. Inside this edition are articles by exiled writer Ma Jian and...