The Global Voice of Free Expression
The country has a vibrant future believes author Oliver Slow, despite the military junta's attacks on dissent. Censoring Roald Dahl is not the answer, just a problem. Rewording Dahl's classics …
The 2024 Freedom of Expression Awards - Index on Censorship
Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Awards celebrate those who have had significant impact fighting censorship anywhere in the world. There are four categories: Arts, …
Judy Blume on being banned - Index on Censorship
My book Blubber was banned in Montgomery County, Maryland, for ‘lack of moral tone’ and, more recently, challenged in Canton, Ohio, for allowing evil behaviour to go unpunished. But in New …
Why is access to freedom of expression important?
Full access to freedom of expression is difficult to achieve in the absence of universal education and literacy. Around the world, illiteracy and inadequate (or non-existent) education hits the …
Telling fact from fiction: how war reporting is being suppressed
According to investigations by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), as of 4 October 2024, at least 127 journalists and media workers are among the more than 42,000 Palestinians and …
50 years of Index - Index on Censorship
Our magazine, Index on Censorship, was to be the charity’s main output, providing a platform for dissidents to tell their stories, for our correspondents to shine a spotlight on repressive …
Why is free speech important? - Index on Censorship
Index spoke to many different experts, professors and campaigners to find out why free speech is important to them. Index on Censorship magazine editor, Rachael Jolley, believes that free …
On the brink - Index on Censorship
Nov 4, 2024 · The arcane system of the electoral college is vulnerable to this manipulation in ways we never have seen before Trump’s emergence on the world stage. To challenge this, …
Why Project 2025 is a threat to a free media - Index on Censorship
Reframing the US government’s relationship with the media and placing free speech and democracy in the firing line is at the heart of Project 2025, the 922-page policy plan supported …
“Censure me in your wisdom”: Bowdlerized ... - Index on Censorship
Jun 2, 2016 · The history of bowdlerized Shakespeare goes back to the nineteenth century. To bowdlerize a classic means to expurgate or abridge the narrative by omitting or modifying …