Index on Censorship is sad to announce the death of Sally Laird on 15 July 2010. Born in 1956, Laird was USSR editor for Index on Censorship...
Death of Sally Laird, editor of Index on Censorship, 1988-1989
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Belarus Free Theatre – Numbers
A recording of a performance of "Numbers", directed by Vladimir Shcherban, performed in secret by the Belarus Free Theatre, an outlaw theatre group...
Gallery: A day in the life of Democracy Village
Protesters at London’s Democracy Village have lost their appeal against eviction from Parliament Square. Index witnessed their response to their...
Democracy Village evicted from Parliament Square
Protesters at London's Democracy Village have lost their appeal against eviction from Parliament Square. Read Index's report from the appeal hearing...
Sir Tom Stoppard presents… Belarus Free Theatre
On Tuesday, Index on Censorship played host to the Belarus Free Theatre, an outlaw company that defies Europe’s last dictatorship. Award-winning playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who has long associations with both organisations, introduced the evening
Natalia Koliada on surviving in Europe’s last dictatorship
Video: Natalia Koliada: “Just imagine, you sit in the evening, you talk to your friend …the next day that friend is kidnapped and killed”
The pursuit of secrecy
As secret files reveal the UK’s role in abuse and torture, Richard Norton-Taylor addresses Labour’s legacy of secrets, spin and cover-up
Jon Gaunt has a right to be offensive
The High Court ruling against the controversial disc jockey acknowledged Jon Gaunt’s right to free speech, but failed to uphold it, says Liberty’s Corinna Ferguson
The truth about Mohammed al Dura
It was the most iconic image of the second intifada: the killing of a Palestinian child. Ten years on, French libel courts are still settling disputes about what really happened at the Netzarim crossroads. Natasha Lehrer reports
Coalition embraces libel reform
The government’s announcement today brings forward the first attempt at wholesale libel law reform in over a century