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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak two years ago, artists have been active in breaking Egypt’s age-old taboos around sexual violence, especially since sexual harassment has been on the rise. In ...

There has been significant commentary on the flaws of the Online Safety Bill, particularly the harmful impact on freedom of expression from the concept of the ‘duty of care’ over adult internet users ...