LATEST FROM INDEX ON CENSORSHIP
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Index on Censorship seeks new Communications and Events Manager
Role sits at heart of the organisation, helping to lead the communications strategy through socia...
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Fears of censorship grow as Modi begins third term
Despite the BJP’s reduced number of seats, there are fears that journalists and India’s civil soc...
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The silencing of media in times of war
National security arguments cannot become a tool to control free expression in democratic societies
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No D-Day for the Channel Islands
The recent inquiry into slave labour camps on Alderney showed much of the story of the islands re...
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Looking forward: Challenges facing online speech regulation in India
With the Digital India Act on the horizon, Index is working to ensure the country's proposed regu...
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Slovakia: democracy just bearing up
The country is one of the smallest members of the European Union and sometimes struggles to devel...
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Are people in Israel getting the full story on Gaza?
The world is seeing a completely different war from the domestic audience
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Israeli military censor bans highest number of articles in over a decade
The sharp rise in media censorship in 2023 comes as the Israeli government further undermines pre...
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Bahrain: Joint letter on human rights situation to the United Nations Human Rights Council
Index joins more than 30 other organisations to raise concerns over the situation in the country ...
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South Africa votes amid corruption and rampant abuse of power
Thirty years on from the dismantling of apartheid, the country's electorate are still waiting for...
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On never being able to stop
Our outgoing CEO Ruth Anderson shares her thoughts as she hands over the freedom of expression baton
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Index on Censorship seeks new editor
Role offers a chance to work with some of the biggest names in journalism and the arts, as well a...
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Are we sleepwalking into Orwell’s nightmare?
Forty years on from Nineteen Eighty-Four, a panel of freedom of expression experts has explored t...
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Georgia’s foreign agent bill: an existential threat to democracy
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in an attempt to stop the country's slide into ...
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How artificial intelligence is influencing elections in India
Deepfake videos and other content is appearing with increasing regularity and regulators are too ...
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New magazine Atar fills information void in Sudan
As a brutal war rages in Sudan a new publication fights to share stories which would otherwise be...
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The death of North Korea’s propaganda chief marks the end of an era
Kim Ki Nam spent decades shaping the narrative of the totalitarian state and building a personali...
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Sting, Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak and Coldplay join more than 100 artists, musicians, writers and leading cultural figures to call for the immediate and unconditional release of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi
Musician faces death sentence after three years of judicial harassment, including arrest, impriso...
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Protesting to save democracy in Georgia
All those across the world who care about freedom need to demonstrate solidarity with protesters ...
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Urgent appeal filed with United Nations for Iranian rapper sentenced to death for his music
Toomaj Salehi, who was beaten and tortured in jail, has just 20 days to appeal charges of "corrup...
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Nobody is safe from Iran’s protest crackdown
Protests over Toomaj Salehi's sentence have rightfully begun, but his is not an isolated case
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Burkina Faso has chosen the tool of the tyrant
A report into the death of 223 civilians in the African state has led to a clampdown on the media
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We the screamers
The atrocity deniers are everywhere and we need to scream over them with the truth
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Statement: Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death
Index on Censorship has issued a joint statement with ARC and PEN America condemning a decision b...
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