Broadcasters at the US-funded radio station have often been targeted by the authoritarian regimes they cover. Donald Trump ...

Unsurprisingly dozens of lawyers, academics and human rights defenders have joined journalists in fleeing the country.

It would have been difficult to miss the recent flurry of news regarding cuts to international aid organisations, and the repercussions these will have in areas such as climate change mitigation, ...

In the age of online information, it can feel harder than ever to stay informed. As we get bombarded with news from all angles, important stories can easily pass us by. To help you cut through the ...

At a quiet corner of an apartment in Cairo, Palestinian journalists now sit staring at a blank screen. Just months ago, they were reporting from the heart of Gaza – documenting airstrikes, ...

It is ironic that the US president, a supposed champion of free speech, has threatened Bruce Springsteen for expressing his ...

Laws on foreign funding and broadcast content empower authorities to censor, prosecute and close media that provide vital ...

When photojournalist Linda Tirado was covering a Minneapolis protest in May 2020 – days after George Floyd was killed – she was shot in the face with a plastic bullet. Tirado has since spoken about ...

At Index on Censorship, we believe everyone deserves the right to speak freely, challenge power and share ideas without fear. In a world where governments tighten control and algorithms distort the ...

Index on Censorship has today (Monday 15th June) announced the appointment of Ruth Smeeth as the organisation’s new chief executive. Ruth Smeeth was the MP for Stoke-on-Trent-North from 2015 to 2019, ...

In a secondary academy in England, a librarian is putting books into a box. Just moments before, they were proudly on the shelves, rainbow flags waving across their covers and words such as “queer” ...