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
Human rights groups who have been campaigning for several years for the release of the blogger and human rights defender can finally celebrate
The Iranian government is holding propaganda events while attempting to silence protests against corruption following a building collapse in Abadan
Meet the three shortlisted journalists for this year’s award
Meet the three shortlisted campaigners and campaign groups for this year’s award
Meet the three shortlisted artists for this year’s award
Palestinian reporter Shireen Abu Akleh becomes the 17th journalist to be killed while doing her job this year
Country is latest to criminalise vaguely defined fake news to target human rights activists and journalists
We all want to protect each other from seeing the worst of humanity but we have no right not to be offended
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 thorny path that brought us here. Editors from our five decades of life have accepted our invitation to...