The concept of a free press and the press as a tool of government will be formally resumed by UNESCO. Journalists Frank Barber and Raphael Mergui discuss.
UNESCO’s threat to press freedom
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Libya: Criticise & be killed
In this issue, Index investigates repression in Libya and abroad.
Human rights in the USA
In this issue, Index investigates how human rights are respected in the United States.
Introduction to the special Soviet issue
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Michael Scammell Ever since Index on Censorship started publication eight years ago (and of course for many decades before that) the Soviet Union has been the world’s leading exponent of techniques of...
USSR
In this issue, Index examines the machinery of repression and control through authors who lived most or all of their lives in the Soviet Union.
Introduction to special issue on Africa
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Ahmed Rajab We devote a large part of this issue to dissent in literature and the arts in Africa, and the response to it by the ruling circles in a number of countries. This may seem an ambitious project in...
Africa & Argentina
In this issue, Index examines dissent in literature and the arts in Africa, and the response to it by the ruling circles in a number of countries.
The rebirth of Chilean cinema in exile
In this issue, Malcolm Coad examines the gradual revival of Chilean film by exiled film-makers after seven years of military rule
China: In Mao’s cave
In this issue, Index examines the Chinese Communist Party’s cultural policy since its accession to power in 1949.
Poland: Breaking the state monopoly
In this issue, a leading Polish writer sees censorship as ‘the most important social problem today.’
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