In the run up to the Belarusian presidential election, Index's Belarus researcher reflects on her own experience during ...

The new president has signed more than 100 directives that will alter the course of US policy. We look at how they will ...

Undemocratic states that seek to exploit soft power to hide their human rights abuses should be condemned, not celebrated ...

The Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender Diala Ayesh has been released, after spending almost a year in Israel’s ...

There are awards in the Arts, Campaigning and Journalism categories and a special award chosen by Index on Censorship’s ...

What do you do when your culture has been destroyed? When your studios, galleries, and universities all lie in rubble? How do you plan to rebuild when war continues? And how do you find hope amidst ...

The country’s rich literary history has been plagued by censorship and book bans ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement this week of changes to Meta’s content moderation policies appeared to primarily be about building trust. Trust among users. Trust among investors. And trust among the ...

For more than five decades, Syria has lived under a repressive regime that has made freedom of expression a distant dream. Under Bashar al-Assad, expression was curtailed by repressive laws and strict ...

Maha Ghazal is a Syrian journalist, feminist and civil rights activist. She was previously the managing editor of the website Madar Al-Youm. She is also a member of the Executive Office of the Union ...

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 ...