The Global Voice of Free Expression
Jan 23, 2011 · Index on Censorship is the voice of free expression. We publish censored writers and artists, promote debate, monitor threats to freedom of speech.
The 2024 Freedom of Expression Awards - Index on Censorship
Nov 20, 2024 · Evgenia Kara-Murza Trustees award winner. Evgenia Kara-Murza is Advocacy Director of Free Russia Foundation, activist, translator and wife of political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza, twice-poisoned Russian opposition leader, imprisoned on 11 April 2022 for protesting Russia’s war on Ukraine.
The show must go on - Index on Censorship
We knew it was coming. It was 28 November 2021, and I was meeting my friend Ravish for the first time in nearly 20 months. Because of Covid I had been working from home since March 2020; a home that was 660km away from Delhi.
Contents – Unsung heroes: How musicians are raising their voices ...
Contents. Music has been described as a “cultural universal” – a practice found in all known human cultures and societies. While anthropologists still scratch their heads over exactly where the concept originated, evidence indicates that humans have used musical instruments for an astonishing 40,000 years.
Index on Censorship Who We Are and What We Do
Jan 17, 2025 · Index on Censorship publishes an award-winning quarterly magazine that has featured some of the world’s best-known writers. We publish original creative writing and articles about free expression from across the globe. Our website offers additional information to help people understand the current threats to free expression globally.
Banned: school librarians shushed over LGBT+ books
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” and “trans” shouting from their titles.
Alexei Navalny dead - Index on Censorship
Alexei Navalny makes a heart sign to his wife in Moscow City Court on 2 February 2021. Handout image/EPA/EFE
Ukraine | A chronicle of censorship - Index on Censorship
The Babyn Yar massacre is one of the bloodiest atrocities in Ukraine’s dark history. In late September 1941, 33,771 Jewish residents of Kyiv were herded by the Nazis into a ravine (“Babi Yar” in Russian, “Babyn Yar” in Ukrainian) on the outskirts of the city.
The Commissar Vanishes: The falsification of images Stalin's Russia
Assistant Online Editor at Index on Censorship Ryan McChrystal is Assistant Editor, Online at Index on Censorship, where he provides support for the news and online team in addition to creating content. He has previously held various editorial roles, including as a local reporter, a market reporter and most recently as a features writer at an SME-focused magazine.
Why is free speech important? - Index on Censorship
Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right. It reinforces all other human rights, allowing society to develop and progress. The ability to express our opinion and speak freely is essential to bring about change in society.