Index on Censorship

The UN special rapporteur on torture, Juan Mendez, said in a release that Bahraini officials claimed that his trip could potentially endanger the success of the country’s National Dialogue, which began earlier this year.

After the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has seen a flourishing of new media outlets and NGOs. But two years on, the country still faces challenges to free expression, says Ghazi Gheblawi.

With more than four billion people yet to come online around the world, basic connectivity is a necessary prerequisite for digital access. However, doling out laptops and ethernet cables without also spreading the Internet’s core values of freedom and openness can inadvertently harm newly connected users and the wider web.

In the past few years, the criminal prosecution of artists in Russia and new laws have made it clear that those who criticise the Kremlin or the Russian Orthodox Church in their creative work will face consequences.

Despite making two award-winning documentaries, filmmaker Ashvin Kumar has faced difficulty having his films shown on Indian TV.

Index on Censorship conducted an interview with a Gazan journalist who was affected by Hamas’s ban on Palestinian journalists working with Israeli media.

The international economic crisis led to widespread demonstrations that changed the face of citizen protest in Spain. But now there is a move to criminalise one of the most powerful movements in recent years.

The international economic crisis led to widespread demonstrations that changed the face of citizen protest in Spain. But now there is a move to criminalise one of the most powerful movements in recent years.