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

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 ...

For many of us, specifically those who have experienced prison, Toomaj Salehi is the symbol of resistance against an autocratic regime’s oppression, and whose honest and unapologetic voice cuts ...

Rap is not a crime. Calling for human rights and democracy is not a crime. Standing up in solidarity with the courageous women who took to the streets to protest their rights is not a crime. Yet, the ...

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 ...

Chutima Sidasathian’s work as a journalist, advocate and whistleblower has resulted in significant public attention and impact. Her reporting on the treatment of boat people in 2009, as reported in a ...

Stanis is deputy director of the Congolese online news outlet Actualite.cd, a reporter for Jeune Afrique and Reuters. Police officers arrested Stanis on 8 September 2023 at Kinshasa’s Ndjili airport.

John Javier Ramos (Jota Ramos) is a rapper, farmer and human rights defender from Villa Rica, Colombia. He is the founder of Afro-Colombian hip-hop group, Haga Que Pase and a foundation supporting the ...