From the November/December 2000 issue of Index on Censorship magazine, Scott Capurro discusses how political correctness and the dumbing down of the media is killing comedy.
Comfort zones are killing comedy
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A round-the-world tour of censorship
Ann Morgan’s challenge to read a book from every country in the world led her to discover a host of censored writers, including novelists from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
How to win friends and influence an election
From the spring 2005 issue of Index on Censorship magazine, one of Britain’s foremost comedians Rowan Atkinson opposes the government’s proposed law of Incitement to Religious Hatred in a speech given to the House of Lords
The people investigating Serbia’s unsolved journalist murders
Serbia’s unique Commission for Investigating Killings of Journalists has come a long way. But founder and chairman, journalist Veran Matic, is paying a high price for justice: he lives under 24/7 police protection
Statement in support of Association Racines and all Moroccan artists
The public space should be accessible to cultural actors, artists and organisations representing civil society and should be free of constraints
Azerbaijan: Married political prisoners kept apart for 11 months, reunited in court
Leyla and Arif Yunus have been detained for almost a year on what is widely recognised as politically motived charges
Azerbaijan: Lawyers call for the release of Intigam Aliyev
95 lawyers from 24 countries call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev. He has been in jail in Azerbaijan since 8 August 2014.
Bahraini king pardons rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab
Index welcomes King Hamad’s pardoning of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, but calls for the release of all political prisoners in Bahrain
The power of satirical comedy in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean artist and satirist Samm Farai Monro aka Comrade Fatso outlines the growing satire scene in Zimbabwe and the dangers he and fellow comedians face from government crackdowns.
Russia: Two years without justice for murdered journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev
Index on Censorship and 27 other organisations call for the investigation into his case to be urgently raised to the federal level