Syrian journalists have been subjected to free speech violations for decades. Could the future hold hope for a more open ...

Maha Ghazal is a Syrian journalist, feminist and civil rights activist. She was previously the managing editor of the website ...

Following the Charlie Hebdo attacks in 2015, the best-selling Turkish novelist wrote for Index about how writers are staying ...

Following the Charlie Hebdo attacks in 2015, the best-selling Turkish novelist wrote for Index about how writers are staying ...

An exiled journalist imprisoned for criticising the former Syrian president talks about his plans to return home and resume ...

Last month, Body in Progress, an autobiographical play written and performed by Belarusian poet Hanna Komar, debuted in London at Theatre Deli. Set against the backdrop of the fraudulent 2020 Belarus ...

Index co-hosted the private UK premiere of an important film about the Babyn Yar massacre to persuade CBS News to release key footage ...

The past week has been busy for Index and in Hong Kong. It is up to us all to ensure award winners and political prisoners are not forgotten ...

In the last week of November, Pakistan went into what was essentially an internet blackout. Social media apps like WhatsApp were inaccessible after the authorities blocked internet and mobile phone ...

In the name of “free speech”, Donald Trump has laid out an authoritarian plan for his new administration to radically defund and gag universities. Now with a Republican Congress, he might just achieve ...