Six journalists speak about the legal efforts to silence them over their reporting
Slapped down: A report
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Why a naked feminist statue should remain uncensored
Maggi Hambling’s A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft has been roundly criticised, with some trying to censor its nakedness
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Supreme Court nominee’s responses to questioning on key issues during confirmation hearings have not allayed fears
Heavy fines on social networks for not tackling online abuse may have unintended consequences
Index CEO Ruth Smeeth discusses the proposed Online Harms Bill in a virtual session organised by the Board of Deputies after a rise in anti-Semitic attacks
Academic freedom in Hong Kong: “It’s a storm and no one wants to go outside, even with an umbrella”
Academics are losing tenure and teachers are being fired as China’s national security law bites
Cartoonists being silenced during Covid, report shows
Cartoons make you laugh, wince and – increasingly in this pandemic – angry. We find out why
Governments using virus as cover to restrict newspapers
Several countries have banned publishers from producing and distributing print newspapers and magazines to stop the spread of the Covid virus despite a lack of scientific evidence
A gathering storm: the laws being used to silence the media
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150 attacks on media freedom reported in 50 days
In the 50 days since Index started tracking incidents where journalists have been attacked or stopped from reporting on Covid-19, we have reported on more than 150 incidents
How FOI laws are being rewritten during the Covid-19 crisis
Governments are sweeping information requests under the coronavirus carpet. We must not let them
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship