As physics laboratory Cern ends co-operation with Russia and Belarus over the Ukraine war, Index talks to exiled scientists ...

The Algerian novelist has long been a controversial figure for his criticism of his home country and extremist Islam ...

MPs from across the political spectrum have spoken about the curdling impact of legal threats and called for action on an ...

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 ...

Campaigners, artists and journalists from Iran, Palestine, Russia and Uganda are named in awards ceremony in London this week ...

Russia is haunted by the ghost of Joseph Stalin. Dozens of monuments to the Soviet leader dot the country; his angular face beams from billboards, bookshop displays and subway station walls; ...

There is no bigger crime than the killing of the soul. “Stop punitive psychiatry!” read the sign held by activist Oksana Osadchaya at a solo protest in the centre of Moscow in June. The activist – who ...

Index on Censorship announces Iranian journalist and human rights defender Nasim Soltanbeygi as the winner of the 2024 Freedom of Expression Awards in the Journalism category. The Journalism category ...