The contempt case against Rajiv Menon KC will have a chilling effect on defence barristers and on the right to protest ...
Pakistani documentary filmmaker and activist ROSHAAN KHATTAK, living in exile in the UK, was until recently a postgraduate student at Wolfson College Cambridge. Khattak’s research, into human rights ...
In preparation for Banned Books Week UK which returns from 4-10 October 2026, the coalition announces a one-day relay on Wednesday 7 October for libraries across the UK to celebrate the freedom to ...
Media freedom in Serbia is in a deepening crisis with a rapidly closing window for independent journalism to operate ...
A Belarusian artist dies in prison. A British school teacher is in hiding. A singer in Iran is lashed 74 times. If the world ...
The Summer 2026 issue of Index on Censorship looks some of the artists fighting back against censorship in times of conflict ...
Broad, sweeping legislation passed at breakneck speed isn’t generally great for freedom of expression, so right now we’re nervous about the National Security (State Threats) Bill 2026, which was ...
UK news this week is dominated by a damning report led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden that reveals how more than 500 mothers and babies were harmed or died at maternity units in Nottingham. This isn ...
This article is written in two voices: First, Birhan Gebrekirstos Mezgbo, a researcher and advocate who lived through the Tigray war, then Veronica Blecker, director of the upcoming documentary on ...
George Orwell didn’t mince his words when it came to international sporting events. In 1945, following Dynamo Moscow’s draw with Chelsea FC – a result that delighted Joseph Stalin – Orwell described ...