I have struggled to write this blog. There don’t seem to the right words for something so serious, so terrifying but so utterly predictable. Putin has invaded Ukraine - again. As I write there are Russian bombs falling across Ukraine. Innocent...
More than 130 human rights and journalism organisations issue statement in condemnation of invasion and attacks on the press
Dissent against the action in Ukraine could be crushed just as it was in Czechoslovakia in 1968 but we should not give up hope
Journalists in Ukraine operate in a harsh environment. As tensions with Russia build, the grave situation demands attention
Aggression against protestors in Kazakhstan, hunger in Afghanistan and Covid deaths continue despite the scandals
Demonstrations over fuel prices have lead to a crackdown and the arrival of Russian troops
The closure of Memorial is an attack on Ukraine history, coming at a time of heightened concern about the country’s future
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...
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...
Nerma Jelacic argues revisionists are manipulating free speech defenders