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Index condemns 34-year sentence for Salma al-Shehab
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
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
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?
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
The media outlet had requested details of dealings between government entities and Media Today co-owner Saviour Balzan
Theatre censorship: An index reading list
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, for example, organisations such as Belarus Free Theatre are crucial to fighting Lukashenka’s...
Index on Censorship files media freedom alert after Sinn Féin MLA legal action
Index on Censorship is concerned at the lawsuits that have been filed against journalist Malachi O’Doherty and columnist Ruth Dudley Edwards. Both are being sued individually by Sinn Féin politician Gerry Kelly MLA, who is claiming aggravated...
Where poetry is labelled extremism
The removal of the Rajapaksa clan will not solve Sri Lanka’s deeply ingrained problem with corruption and the repression of dissent
The emotional baggage of being a refugee
A celebrated Croatian journalist writes an exclusive essay on what a refugee should pack in their suitcase and how they must be prepared to learn a whole new language