A ban on female healthcare workers is leaving women’s health and maternity services in a dire situation under Taliban rule ...

Zahra Joya is an Afghan journalist living in London and editor-in-chief and founder of Rukhshana Media, a news agency ...

Campaigner Peter Tatchell was detained on Saturday in a case that shows all that’s going wrong with free speech in the UK ...

“Whistleblowers in Nigeria’s healthcare system often encounter retaliation, including threats, suspension or sacking, and ...

On the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus, Index explores how healthcare is being used as a ...

We’ve been here before, with Qatar in 2022. This time we can only hope that speaking up early actually prompts change. We won’t hold our breath though. As our own investigation Oiling the Wheels of ...

Index on Censorship, Big Brother Watch and Open Rights Group welcome ruling over UK Government attempts to gain backdoor access to data Index on Censorship is a nonprofit that campaigns for and ...

On the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus, Index explores how healthcare is being used as a weapon to silence dissidents in the authoritarian state [vc_row][vc_column] ...

Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days On 14 February 1989 Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to execute ...

Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days With threats ranging from “no-platforming” controversial speakers, to governments trying to ...

Ayat al-Gormezi, the 20 year old woman arrested for reading a poem at a pro-democracy rally in Pearl Square, Bahrain, is due to face a military tribunal later today. Just days after she read the poem ...

In conjunction with the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2015, we will be publishing a series of articles that complement many of the upcoming debates and discussions. We are offering these articles from ...