Librarians and public institutions in the US are facing a growing threat to independent thinking and tolerant values ...

Are recent crackdowns on digital freedoms tackling hate speech or increasing censorship?

The shutdown of social media platforms silenced a generation but their protests kicked off a deadly response from the ...

Kyaw Min Htun, a Burmese editor and reporter, moved from his home in Myanmar to the USA more than 20 years ago, seeking a ...

The filmmakers were taken into custody in Nairobi on 2 May 2025 and had their devices seized. They were released on 3 May ...

Gary Wornell is a Canadian-born artist, photographer and videographer who emigrated to Europe in 1969. In 1995 he moved to ...

The crackdown on protest has culminated in the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. This draconian ...

Tanzania goes to the polls next month but as these examples show it’s insulting to suggest the elections will be remotely ...

The defunding of USAID has had a catastrophic impact on Radio Free Asia and other independent news sources ...

That word civil is not one we can use right now for the USA, where the murder of Charlie Kirk and the response to it expose just how far we’ve drifted from basic norms of decency. The right-wing ...

Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days. read more ...

The Father Ted writer was arrested by five armed police officers on arrival in the UK over historic tweets on trans people ...