Following January’s sham election, political activists and journalists willing to challenge Aliaksandr Lukashenka face prison, exile or worse – but they refuse to stay silent
Index on Censorship launches the latest issue of its magazine with a powerful night of poetry and music
The police are disproportionately censoring and criminalising music by young Black men, with drill at the forefront
While the future looks brighter, the mental health of artists has long been neglected
In the run up to the Belarusian presidential election, Index’s Belarus researcher reflects on her own experience during protest crackdowns in 2020
Following the Charlie Hebdo attacks in 2015, the best-selling Turkish novelist wrote for Index about how writers are staying silent on their self-censorship
A formerly imprisoned, exiled journalist talks about his plans to return to Syria and resume reporting
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The Belarusian poet wrote Body in Progress to expose how persecution has a profound impact on the body and mind
Index on Censorship criticises Ofcom’s inadequate ‘passing references’ to users’ privacy rights and warns of legal battles if draft guidance on encryption is not updated