The contempt case against Rajiv Menon KC will have a chilling effect on defence barristers and on the right to protest ...

The Summer 2026 issue of Index on Censorship looks some of the artists fighting back against censorship in times of conflict ...

October 2026, the coalition announces a one-day relay on Wednesday 7 October for libraries across the UK to celebrate the ...

Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition wants to impose what it calls “institutional neutrality” on the country’s universities. The ...

Cambridge describes itself as a lighthouse of civilization. A cathedral of learning, a monument to thought historically positioned above the petty politics of the world. But what happens when the 21st ...

Media freedom in Serbia is in a deepening crisis with a rapidly closing window for independent journalism to operate ...

One early April morning, the newsroom of a Kuwaiti television channel skipped all mention of the sirens that had wailed through the night and disrupted everyone’s sleep. American and Israeli missiles ...

A Belarusian artist dies in prison. A British school teacher is in hiding. A singer in Iran is lashed 74 times. If the world ...

This article first appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of Index on Censorship, The monster unleashed: How Hungary’s illliberal vision is seducing the Western world published on 2 April 2026. Three years ...

“I am staying in Belarus. I will not run. I am ready to spend time in prison for the chance to live in my homeland.” That was the firm—though now I’m no longer sure it was the right—decision I made ...