Index welcomes the report by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) on the worrying state of press freedom in the UK. The WAN-IFRA report criticises the use of national security concerns to threaten and restrict...
The film festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathise and demand justice for all people.
The Daily Mail was labelled “hateful” by Muslim organisations for its coverage of the episode, Alastair Sloan writes
Let’s just ban the controversy before it happens. It’s easier that way, Milana Knezevic writes
People gathered in Trafalgar Square on Thursday for a silent protest in support of jailed journalists
Degree leader Matt Grimes asks why censorship issues have arisen at UK universities — the very places that should be open to competing ideas and consistency.
Britain has always had a complicated relationship with the free press. On the one hand, Milton’s Apologia, Mill’s On Liberty, Orwell’s volleys at censorship and propaganda. On the other hand, there is a sense that journalists, editors and...
Doughty Street Chambers and Index on Censorship hosted a debate on the state of press freedom in the UK after the Leveson inquiry
Ruling represents a dangerous elision of terrorist activity and legitimate journalistic practice
The banning of a poster depicting the Flying Spaghetti Monster as God is the latest attempt by UK student unions to crack-down on the free speech of students