Debates on freedom of expression through interviews, reportage and banned literature.
Ten days to save democracy in Georgia
7 May 2024 @ 1:30 pm
All those across the world who care about freedom need to demonstrate solidarity with protesters on the streets of Tbilisi determined to defeat a new “foreign agent” law
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Urgent appeal filed with United Nations for Iranian rapper sentenced to death for his music
3 May 2024 @ 12:36 pm
Toomaj Salehi, who was beaten and tortured in jail, has just 20 days to appeal charges of "corruption on Earth"
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Nobody is safe from Iran’s protest crackdown
3 May 2024 @ 12:13 pm
Protests over Toomaj Salehi's sentence have rightfully begun, but his is not an isolated case
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Burkina Faso has chosen the tool of the tyrant
3 May 2024 @ 8:36 am
A report into the death of 223 civilians in the African state has led to a clampdown on the media
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We the screamers
1 May 2024 @ 4:39 pm
The atrocity deniers are everywhere and we need to scream over them with the truth
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Statement: Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death
26 April 2024 @ 4:15 pm
Index on Censorship has issued a joint statement with ARC and PEN America condemning a decision by an Iranian revolutionary court
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The death penalty is the new normal in Iran
26 April 2024 @ 1:39 pm
Our weekly newsletter leads on the announcement of a sentence we all feared for rapper Toomaj Salehi
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Toomaj Salehi: A voice of defiance
26 April 2024 @ 11:56 am
Our 2023 Freedom of Expression Art Award winner was jailed for the power of his words. Now he faces the death sentence
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Review | Storyteller: Photography by Tim Hetherington | Imperial War Museum until 29 September 2024
24 April 2024 @ 10:14 am
An exhibition of the work of the acclaimed late photojournalist has opened in London. The recipient of the fellowship that bears his name visits
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Why we cannot afford to look away
19 April 2024 @ 12:49 pm
We are at risk of disaster fatigue around the war in Ukraine as new atrocities crowd the story out of the news
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