Many journalists – women in particular – have fled the Taliban or are in hiding from the brutal regime
Women journalists caught in middle of Afghanistan’s nightmare
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Contents – Playing with fire: how theatre is resisting the oppressor
The Winter issue of Index magazine highlights the battles fought by theatre of resistance across the world and how they've been enduring different forms of censorship. Writer Jonathan Maitland dives deeply into the history of theatre censorship in...
Index condemns the conviction of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Index on Censorship condemns the sentencing to four years in prison of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and calls for all charges to be dropped. She was convincted of incitement and also of breaking Covid regulations during the campaign for the...
Who is 2021’s Tyrant of the Year? WINNER ANNOUNCED
The individual who has been voted the most oppressive in 2021 by Index readers has been named
#WhereIsPengShuai: Tennis world shows it’s OK not to remain silent over China
The silence that usually follows human rights violations is notably absent in the sports star’s mysterious disappearance
Hong Kong’s freedoms under further attack as ‘Captain America’ is jailed
Five year and nine month sentence for protestor raises fears over retrospective action of national security law
Respect for tradition: Australia’s selective listening on environment issues
First Nations voices are often ignored. Now Yvonne Weldon is hoping to change that as she bids to become the first Aboriginal Lord Mayor of Sydney
Suffering in silence: The poetry of Parwana Fayyaz
Three poems on the lives of women in Afghanistan
Contents – Climate of fear: The silencing of the planet’s indigenous peoples
The Autumn issue of Index magazine focuses on the struggle for environmental justice by indigenous campaigners. Anticipating the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, in November, we've chosen to give voice to people who are...
Interpol must clarify its involvement in the arrest warrant issued against British journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown
Fourteen organisations join call amid fears reporter may be arrested in Spain following threats by the Malaysian government