Imprisoned Egyptian human rights campaigner, Russian feminist performance artist, and persecuted Djiboutian journalists among the shortlisted candidates
[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,...
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...
South African court demands apology from lawyer linked to country’s ruling Obiang family
The Tanzanian opposition leader, who has been forced to flee the country, talks to Index about the recent election
Young Nigerians are coming together to make sure their voices heard
The polls say that the country’s incumbent president will get a second term but will the result be rigged?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="114148" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]Following the news this week has been harrowing. Beyond the ongoing awful deaths from Covid-19 and the daily redundancy notices...
Abraham T. Zere comenzó su carrera en un periódico del Gobierno después de que se prohibieran todos los medios de comunicación independientes. Exiliado ahora en EE. UU., revela los peligros a los que se enfrentan los redactores en el “país más censurado del mundo”
Index on Censorship calls for the release of Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera who has been held in prison for two months
Freedom of expression in Africa. Index on Censorship covers free speech, freedom of religion, artistic freedom on the continent of Africa.