We all want to protect each other from seeing the worst of humanity but we have no right not to be offended
In trying to protect us online, legislators risk silencing us
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CATEGORY: Middle East and North Africa
Contents – Index at 50: The battles won, lost and currently raging
The spring issue of Index magazine is special. We are celebrating 50 years of history and to such a milestone we've decided to look back at the...
Contents – Playing with fire: how theatre is resisting the oppressor
The Winter issue of Index magazine highlights the battles fought by theatre of resistance across the world and how they've been enduring different...
Who is 2021’s Tyrant of the Year? WINNER ANNOUNCED
The individual who has been voted the most oppressive in 2021 by Index readers has been named
Internet shutdowns: Sudan’s censorship tool of choice
The African state regularly blocks access to the web when protests flare up and the recent military coup is no different
Richard Ratcliffe: The UK Government needs to look long and hard at its hostage policy
The husband of jailed British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe talks about the reasons for his hunger strike as it enters its 16th day
Contents – Climate of fear: The silencing of the planet’s indigenous peoples
The Autumn issue of Index magazine focuses on the struggle for environmental justice by indigenous campaigners. Anticipating the United Nations...
Call for the immediate and unconditional release of Egyptian human rights defender Abdelrahman ‘Moka’ Tarek
Index and nine other organisations call for Moka’s release as he receives the 2021 Freedom of Expression Awards
Banned Books Week 2021: Poetry in Protest
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="117512" img_size="full"][vc_column_text] Marking Banned Books Week 2021, Index on Censorship...
Campaigning 2021
Abdelrahman Tarek is the winner in the 2021 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Campaigning category