Every year, as 4 June approaches, an old ritual unfolds in China.

Israel has started cracking down on foreign media reporting of its harsh practices in the occupied West Bank, with police ...

Could it be harder to commemorate the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre yesterday – on its 37th anniversary – than last year when it was already incredibly hard? Apparently yes, and this ...

I pray that when you read this Narges Mohammadi is still alive. The Nobel Peace Prize winner is currently in an Iranian hospital in a critical condition. Her brother, who lives in Oslo, is ...

We are looking for a new senior editor. If you are a great journalist and passionate about freedom of expression, please ...

This article first appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of Index on Censorship, The monster unleashed: How Hungary’s illliberal vision is seducing the Western world published on 2 April 2026. Salim Mirza ...

Index on Censorship last night honoured two women at the British Book Awards in London who showed bravery in standing up to rich and powerful people. Both authors refused to be silenced despite legal ...

For all of President Donald Trump’s unpredictability, he does have some consistencies, one being his love of a reviled ruler. He’s praised Vladimir Putin as a “genius” and “tough”. Kim Jong Un is an ...

This article first appeared in Volume 54, Issue 2 of our print edition of Index on Censorship, titled Land of the Free?: Trump’s war on speech at home and abroad, published on 21 July 2025. Read more ...

It will be no revelation when I say Belarus prisons are bleak. The conditions are dirty, the routines mind-numbing and the guards brutal. But perhaps this detail will surprise you: in the middle of ...