Pushkin House invites you to a joint celebration of Zinovy Zinik’s collection of short stories No Cause for Alarm (2022) and the winter issue of the Index on Censorship magazine, which features one of his stories. The publication of Zinovy Zinik’s...
Happy New Year! I think we can all agree, regardless of where we live, that 2022 was a tumultuous year. There was seemingly a new crisis every day. Totalitarian regimes moving against their populations became increasingly normal, from Iran to...
The dissident fought hard for free expression and paid dearly. Here we shed more light on his amazing life
There are those within the Index family, including some of our founders, who consider free speech to be an absolute right, says Ruth Anderson
Choose from our shortlist of 12 despots and vote on who you think has done most to crack down on freedom of expression this year
Vladmir Vladimirovich Putin is the tyrant’s tyrant in more ways than one. Over the two decades he has dominated Russian politics as president and prime minister, he has set a new standard in the brutal oppression of opponents at home and abroad....
Since the end of February, author Yulia Yakovleva has interviewed children aged five to seventeen. Their testimonies are invaluable
The “bravery and brilliance” of free expression champions from China, Cuba, Russia and Ukraine celebrated at annual awards
OVD-Info is the winner in the 2022 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Campaigning category
As the BBC celebrates its centenary, our CEO Ruth Smeeth considers why it is so important