Inconvenient Truths: How Scientists are Being Silenced Around the World

08 Oct 24

Join Index on Censorship at Liverpool John Moores University for a discussion on the multiple forces working to silence scientists today. Science at its core is about the pursuit of knowledge concerned with our physical world and its phenomena. Yet, for some rulers and populations, the very notion of it challenges ideological beliefs and political aims.

The silencing of scientists takes on many forms: from China, where obedience to the state trumps scientific development, forcing scientists to live in fear of arrest, to the USA, where scientists face increasing censorship for research concerning climate change and abortion, and India where the current government shows worrying signs of prioritising mythology for science students.

These barriers highlight the increasingly difficult contexts in which scientists are forced to work around the world today.

This event celebrates the launch of Index’s latest magazine. Free copies available.

About Index on Censorship

Index on Censorship is a non-profit organisation that campaigns for and defends free expression worldwide, including by publishing work by censored writers and artists and monitoring threats to free speech. They lead global advocacy campaigns to protect artistic, academic, media and digital freedom to strengthen the participatory foundations of modern democratic societies. Since 2021, they have collated, translated, and published letters from political prisoners in Belarus in an effort to show the human stories behind the struggle for human rights and democracy in the country.