Laura Silvia Battaglia recalls the last play she saw in Gaza and talks to its director today about how theatre is still providing a voice for the displaced, even in refugee camps
The unstilled voice of Gazan theatre
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CATEGORY: Israel
Exhibition about Russian political prisoners cancelled over Israel-Gaza row
A London art gallery has pulled an exhibition about Russian dissidents because an Israeli artist refused to condemn “the Zionist regime”
The silencing of media in times of war
National security arguments cannot become a tool to control free expression in democratic societies
Are people in Israel getting the full story on Gaza?
The world is seeing a completely different war from the domestic audience
Israeli military censor bans highest number of articles in over a decade
The sharp rise in media censorship in 2023 comes as the Israeli government further undermines press freedoms, especially amid the Gaza war
Why critics like Jay Rayner have a role in battling self-censorship
Our CEO ponders the challenges of being a reviewer after reading the latest column from the Observer’s restaurant writer
Israel’s civil and human rights are under siege
The shuttering of Al Jazeera is just the latest in a series of restrictions introduced in response to the war in Gaza
Reflections six months on from 7 October
Our CEO says that we must address the root causes of a conflict that has led to the deaths of more than 31,000 people
Iran: do you want the good or the bad news?
A great privilege of working at Index is, and always has been, the amazing people we get to encounter, such as Iranian musician Toomaj Salehi
Sport faces growing censorship problem over the Israel-Gaza war
Governing bodies are becoming increasingly heavy-handed in their attempts to remain neutral in the conflict