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Share your messages of support for Salman Rushdie

Join us in sending messages of support to the author, who was attacked as he prepared to give a lecture in New York state in August 2022

Index condemns 34-year sentence for Salma al-Shehab

by Mark Stimpson | 17 Aug 22

Saudi women’s rights advocate faces longest ever prison term for a peaceful activist after tweeting support for prisoners of conscience

Read Salman Rushdie from the Index on Censorship archives

by Index on Censorship | 12 Aug 22

On 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie, the author of the book The Satanic Verses, was attacked as he prepared to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, an arts and education centre in New York state.

Iranian society has been taken hostage, says exiled documentary film-maker

by Mark Stimpson | 12 Aug 22

Vahid Zarezade and Gelareh Kakavand have been forced to flee the country after being interrogated and beaten for their work highlighting conditions in Iran’s prisons

Why are the letters of political prisoners in Belarus so cheerful?

by Ala Sivets | 09 Aug 22

Censorship of communications means that those detained by Lukashenka’s regime are not free to express themselves openly

Index supports The Shift News in freedom of information battle with the government of Malta

by Index on Censorship | 08 Aug 22

The media outlet had requested details of dealings between government entities and Media Today co-owner Saviour Balzan

Theatre censorship: An index reading list

by Guilherme Osinski | 05 Aug 22

Index on Censorship has always supported the theatre of resistance, and our Winter 2021 magazine even had this issue as its main theme. In Belarus,...