The human rights activist Narges Mohammadi faces yet more charges for her activism and her refusal to wear hijab
Life and death in Iran’s prisons
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2023 Freedom of Expression Award winners announced
Index on Censorship has recognised activists and campaigners from Afghanistan, India and Iran for their work at its annual awards ceremony
Shortlists announced for the 2023 Freedom of Expression Awards
Artists, activists and journalists from Afghanistan, India, Myanmar and Somalia are among the nominations for this year’s awards
Nominees for the 2023 Freedom of Expression Awards – Arts
Meet the artists and arts producers whose work challenges repression and injustice and celebrates artistic free expression
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Iran protests: “Mahsa” Amini does not exist
The name of the woman murdered by Iran’s “morality police” was Jina Amini but Kurds in the country cannot use their real names, says British-Kurdish writer and organiser Elif Sarican
Iran’s erased women remembered
A new exhibition by Soheila Sokhanvari celebrates Iranian freedom and womanhood
Remember their names: The protesters executed by the Iranian authorities
Four men have been executed following unjust show trials in Iran. Here’s what we know about them
2023: No calm water ahead
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...
Ramita Navai: No turning back from Iran’s women-led uprising
The British-Iranian journalist and author of the award-winning City of Lies speaks about the growing protests in her homeland