Angana Chakrabarti reports from the North Eastern region, where government advertising is used as a tool to control the media ...

Rap is not a crime. Calling for human rights and democracy is not a crime. Standing up in solidarity with the courageous ...

Beyond Baku, we were disturbed to read this week of a Papuan news outlet, Jujur Bicara (also known as Jubi), which was attacked with a bomb. The bomb damaged two cars before staff at the paper were ...

Today is a day of despair – but it is also a day for those of us who genuinely care about free expression to come together to protect and promote it ...

At a time of growing conflict, threats and censorship, the shortlist for this year’s Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression award highlights the courageous work carried out by individuals and ...

This week marks two years since Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was arrested, and although his death sentence has been reversed, he still languishes in jail. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe introduces one of h ...

Two years ago today, Toomaj Salehi was arrested because his music was unjustly seen as a threat.

The Arts category of Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Awards honours artists and arts producers whose work challenges repression and injustice and celebrates artistic free expression. The ...

The Campaigning category of Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Awards celebrates activists and campaigners who have had a marked impact in fighting censorship and promoting freedom of ...