A school in Tennessee has banned a book about the Holocaust. How will we avoid repeating the crimes without open, honest education at the core?
“You cannot tell the story of the Holocaust without challenging imagery”
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CATEGORY: Politics and Society
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 forms of censorship. Writer Jonathan Maitland dives deeply into the history of theatre censorship in...
The Biden presidency: what can we expect for free speech?
We look at Joe Biden’s record sheet on free speech to see if we can find clues about his future presidency
A win for Assange, but not for free speech
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This week’s decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, to the USA to stand trial for charges of espionage came as welcome relief to Assange’s family and supporters. However, he remains detained...
Sri Lanka’s media needs reform — can new President Sirisena deliver?
The country needs a constitutionally recognised national commission to oversee media reform and ensure freedom of expression is properly defended, writes Rohan Jayasekera
Rashid Razaq: As a Muslim, I know there is no God-given right not to be offended
Satire is scary for people who can’t live with doubt. Because satire is all about creating doubt
Why we should be worried about relinquishing our privacy to a secret state
Edward Snowden’s lawyer Ben Winzer talks to Index about his client and what the loss of privacy to the secret state means to the future of free expression.
John Crace on the Magna Carta: 1215 and all that
In his own inimitable short-form style, John Crace takes a tongue-in-cheek trip throughout the history of the Magna Carta and its manifestations.
Bulgaria: Murky ownership, censorship and corruption in the media
Murky ownership, a whole array of censorship practices as well as corruption are plaguing the Bulgarian media, according to a survey recently carried out by the Bulgarian Reporter foundation
Turkey: Government detains journalists
On Sunday, December 14, at least 27 people were detained by Turkish police, including journalists, producers and directors of TV shows and police officers. Arrest warrants were issued for at least 31.