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 ...

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 ...

Donald Trump's assertions about the Ukrainian president convey an alarming normalisation of false realities and an affront to accuracy This exchange indicates a drastic reshaping in the geopolitical ...

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 ...

When Slaughterhouse-Five was burned by a North Dakota school, its writer acted. Half a century later Nanette Vonnegut is also ...

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

A former member of the protest band explains how she left a career in St Petersburg's police force to become a political dissident Philosopher and legal scholar Ronald Dworkin, who died today, 14 ...

A former member of the protest band explains how she left a career in St Petersburg's police force to become a political dissident This article is taken from the summer issue of Index on Censorship ...