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
Elif Shafak on divisive language
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Bashar al-Assad has fallen: now I must continue writing
A formerly imprisoned, exiled journalist talks about his plans to return to Syria and resume reporting
Contents – Unsung heroes: How musicians are raising their voices against oppression
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Hanna Komar explores the trauma of oppression through her new play
The Belarusian poet wrote Body in Progress to expose how persecution has a profound impact on the body and mind
Media regulator fails to properly protect freedom of expression in online safety draft guidance
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on Censorship criticises Ofcom’s inadequate ‘passing references’ to users’ privacy rights and warns of legal battles if draft guidance on encryption is not updated
Belarus is a prison for freedom
Freedom of expression in Belarus is costly and the price is years off your life
Human Rights Day 2024: A tribute to human rights defenders
Index on Censorship spotlights four people standing up for human rights around the world
The power of protest
Peaceful demonstration is a fundamental form of self expression, and a crucial mechanism of any democracy
Index launches year-end banned books competition
Solve fiendish cryptic clues from the mind of author Marc Nash to identify the book titles and win one of five 12-month magazine subscriptions
COP29: Azerbaijan’s flagrant human rights abuses undermine its role as climate conference host
The men in black who patrolled the corridors of Baku’s Olympic Stadium indicated the level of surveillance that activists are now under