It should now be clear to everyone that the year 2026 will be marked by the march of the far right further into the ...

Index talks to the people behind a new monument honouring UK-based newsgatherers who lost their lives whilst reporting around the globe ...

A Tanzanian poet reflects on her country's president winning our annual poll of despots against fierce competition ...

New employment rules spell victory for Zelda Perkins, former assistant to the disgraced film producer and who was awarded a ...

Since Meta changed its rules, the Purple Slut cabaret has had its accounts repeatedly taken down because of community ...

China’s economy still has extraordinary bright spots, particularly in tech. Its supply chains of rare earth minerals, ...

The Cyberspace Administration of China has launched another one of its regular Clear and Bright campaigns ...

On Wednesday Greater Manchester Police and Metropolitan Police said they’d arrest individuals who amplify the slogan “globalise the intifada”. They clearly meant business. No sooner had they made the ...

An interview with the exiled former editor of Cumhuriyet who was contacted by the hitman who was supposed to silence him forever ...

The message of one of our founders, Stephen Spender, was that Index wouldn’t be doing a good job if it didn’t keep an eye on attacks to free expression that happen on home soil. With this in mind and ...

In the latest of our Letters from Afghan Women, a young woman opens up about keeping hope alive despite threats to her life ...

In a secondary academy in England, a librarian is putting books into a box. Just moments before, they were proudly on the shelves, rainbow flags waving across their covers and words such as “queer” ...