LATEST FROM INDEX ON CENSORSHIP
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Boualem Sansal faces life imprisonment if found guilty of national security charges
The Algerian novelist has long been a controversial figure for his criticism of his home country ...
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A big week to remember
The past week has been busy for Index and in Hong Kong. It is up to us all to ensure award winner...
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Index on Censorship announces 2024 Freedom of Expression award winners
Campaigners, artists and journalists from Iran, Palestine, Russia and Uganda are named in awards ...
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The reappearance of Stalin’s ghost in modern Russia
Denouncements of citizens for anti-Russian sentiment and punitive psychiatry are rising in the fo...
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How Putin’s Russia is weaponising psychiatry against its critics
The Russian leader is revisiting the Cold War playbook by using mental manipulation to silence di...
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Democracy, but not as we know it
Donald Trump’s re-election is indicative of a broader global trend towards a new age of veiled au...
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Who will protect freedom of expression now?
What terrible things will happen while we are all distracted by the clown in the White House?
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Anything is possible: 35 years on from the fall of the Iron Curtain
As we mark the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, we should remember that democratic cha...
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Mozambique faces protest crackdown following disputed presidential election
The police have killed at least 20 people during a march led by an opposition leader, whilst hund...
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In India, the money from state advertising is too tight to mention
Angana Chakrabarti reports from the North Eastern region, where government advertising is used as...
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Donald Trump’s re-election is disastrous for free speech
Today is a day of despair – but it is also a day for those of us who genuinely care about free ex...
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Index on Censorship announces 2024 Freedom of Expression award shortlist
At a time of growing conflict, threats and censorship, the shortlist for this year’s Index on Cen...
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On the brink
Freedom and democracy are on the ballot in the US presidential election
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The UK Government must defend its citizens around the world
As the new Prime Minister vows to protect press freedom and tackle impunity, we're reminded of th...
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Celebrating the music of Toomaj Salehi
This week marks two years since Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was arrested, and although his death...
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Rap is not a crime, yet my cousin remains behind bars in Iran
Two years ago today, Toomaj Salehi was arrested because his music was unjustly seen as a threat.
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Press freedom and journalist safety in peril, rising polarisation and a climate of fear – findings of the press freedom mission to Georgia
After a fact-finding mission to Georgia on the state of free expression, a consortium of organisa...
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Film censorship risks emboldening those who threaten violence
Cinema screenings are fairly cancelled in the interests of public safety - but does this further ...
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Platform on Safety of Journalists demand reform in Ireland following anti-SLAPP conference
Partners of the Platform call on Irish authorities to continue to prioritise media freedom and be...
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Living in gangster times
Reporting on organised crime in the eastern state of Bihar is a deadly business
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Tainted scientists
Katie Dancey-Downs talks to the scientists who have been censored for questioning the effectivene...
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Journalists have a “right to life”
The rich and powerful are increasingly acting with impunity to silence, sometimes permanently, th...
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Georgian dream – or nightmare?
Ahead of a national election next week, Index CEO Jemimah Steinfeld visited Georgia's capital Tbi...
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Be nice, or you’re not coming in
The Indian government is revoking the status of its overseas citizens and denying visas for those...
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