Index on Censorship

Freedom of expression is generally protected in France, although is limited by strict defamation and privacy laws. The country also has some of the toughest hate speech laws in the EU.

Weakened confidentiality for journalists’ sources and obstructions to reporting during Quebec’s student protests are among certain steps taken by Canada recently that have led to a regressed free expression record.

The New Delhi High Court has given Facebook and Google one month to submit suggestions on how minors can be protected online in India.

Writer and broadcaster Kenan Malik and art historian and educator Nada Shabout on one of the art world’s most contentious debates.

Though the shackles of apartheid have faded, South Africa is facing questions about government surveillance in the digital era, media regulation and artistic censorship.

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are making transnational attempts to shut down a site belonging to the United States’ largest Arab-American newspaper, al-Watan.

The connection between China and Taiwanese media owners has given rise to concerns, along with some evidence, that the industry is under growing pressure to curb reporting on topics detrimental to Chinese interests and cross-strait ties.

Boniface Mwangi, founder of Picha Mtaani, the first-ever street exhibition in Kenya, speaks with Index on Censorship’s Julia Farrington about freedom of expression, art and activism.