Bosla Arts' residency programme is one of our projects that I am most proud of. Being able to support Shahd and Rand over the last few months has been so incredible and I feel lucky to have had the pleasure of working with them both. Watch the short film about the programme below.

The anti-Putin punk band #PussyRiot has been designated an 'extremist' organisation by #Russia. Its members have something to say ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/12/puti...

Coming up! That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore a 3-day exhibition and series of events by Bosla Arts’ artist-in-residence Rand Hamdallah and Shahd Itbakhi, exploring the themes of progress and development in a collapsing world. Explore the programme in the thread! www.boslaarts.com/blog/that-jo...

OPEN CALL: To the Kids Who Live - an online exhibition of work created in solidarity with Palestine. Curated by Bosla Arts’ artist-in-residence Rand Hamdallah! Deadline 30 September 2025 🎨 Learn more & apply: www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...

Read as Al Jazeera journalist @youmnaelsid17.bsky.social honours her colleagues killed in an Israeli strike on #Gaza on Sunday and exposes how silencing Palestinian journalists is an attack on press freedom everywhere: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/08/isra... #Israel #AnasalSharif

Was amazing to have the chance to interview Dione & Steve from Jail Time Records. The pair set up the first ever recording studio inside a prison in #Cameroon. Hear their story: youtu.be/WaftshEzzb4

Art Persists podcast season 8 coming soon! Can't wait for everyone to hear from our incredible guests this season: www.boslaarts.com/tapp-season-...

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the launch of our spring issue. Special thanks to the Frontline Club and our incredible panel @youmnaelsayed.bsky.social, Ryann Sowden, Rafael González , @gabriellajoz.bsky.social & Kieran King. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWpM...

Was great to interview Mahmoud Muna, co-owner of the Educational Bookshop earlier this year. His bookshop has been raided twice by Israeli police in a worrying crackdown on free expression: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/mahm...

We are so excited to announce our first ever online exhibition, Art Resists, curated by Aude Abou Nasr! The exhibition features the work of 10 artists from around the world who are using their work to speak out against injustice. Explore the exhibition: www.boslaarts.com/art-resists #ArtResists

Meet the panel! Join journalists Youmna El Sayed & @gabriellajoz.bsky.social, @warchilduk.bsky.social's Kieran King & clinical psychologist Rafael A. González as they explore how war impacts our ability to speak - focusing on #Gaza & #Ukraine. On Monday 28 April: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/index-on-c...

An overlooked impact of war is the psychological trauma that can leave survivors - including children - speechless. Join us at the Frontline Club for a discussion on how the wars in #Gaza and #Ukraine are leaving the most vulnerable without a voice: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/index-on-c...

Organising this event for @indexoncensorship.org at the Frontline Club in 3 weeks! Should be a fascinating discussion: www.indexoncensorship.org/events/left-...

A shocking & important piece by @katiedd.bsky.social on the continued discrimination of #Roma women. #InternationalRomaniDay.

Don't miss this wonderful workshop! It sold out quickly last time: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-w...

Yesterday we stood outside the Embassy of Belarus demanding the release of all political prisoners. And in case they didn't get the message, we left them a nice colourful display to greet them this morning!

📢 Stand with Belarusian political prisoners! Join us outside the Embassy of #Belarus on Tuesday 25 March, 1-2pm to demand freedom for those unjustly detained by Lukashenka’s regime. Join us and spread the word! www.indexoncensorship.org/events/stand...

We are back! Join us for a day of creative solidarity at The Jago on Sun 9 March. Including our Open Mic: Solidarity Sessions and a Creative Writing Workshop led by rapper / MC Fedzilla! Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1253166537...

During last week's magazine launch, Hanna Komar paid tribute to #Belarus journalist, human rights defender and Index colleague #AndreiAliaksandrau who just spent his 4th birthday behind bars. Hanna reads the poem #, written by Andrei in 2021, translated by Hanna and John Farndon.

Thanks to everyone who came to this lovely event to launch @indexoncensorship.org's brilliant new magazine issue on music!

Read my latest for @indexoncensorship.org on the total destruction of #Gaza's cultural institutions: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/01/gaza...

Excited for this! Submit your work & share this #OpenCall: www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca... #OpenCall #ArtResists

2 WEEKS TO GO! Join us at The Jago for a night of music and poetry in honour of artists who stand tall in the face of censorship and oppression. Register and get a FREE drink on the night. Wednesday, 29 Jan at 6pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...

#Sudan: Doctors Without Borders has taken the decision to suspend all medical activities in #Bashair Hospital due to continuous attacks on the facility, staff and patients. We strongly condemn these violent attacks. Hospitals must be safe spaces. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/khartoum-sud...

Just a few weeks to go! Join us on 29 January as 4 world-class performers—Sola Akingbola, Rahima Mahmut, Hanna Komar, and Shohret Nur—take the stage in honour of fearless musicians around the world raising their voices against oppression. Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...

Sunday marks 4 years since Andrei Aliaksandrau—journalist, HRD and former Index colleague—was detained in #Belarus and later sentenced to 14 years in prison. Andrei wrote this poem in July 2021 after being charged. Join us: call for his release, share his poem & #FreeAndrei. @ifex.org

Renowned #Uyghur singer, human rights activist and award-winning translator Rahima Mahmut will perform at our upcoming magazine launch at The Jago on Wed 29 January. The event honours musicians facing persecution and censorship worldwide. Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...

Award-winning artist and Jamiroquai percussionist Solá Akingbolá will perform at our upcoming magazine launch alongside The Eegun Rhapsodies! Join us at The Jago in London on Wed 29 Jan for an evening of music and poetry. Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...

I'm organising this lovely evening of music & poetry for @indexoncensorship.org in early Jan! Join us on Wed 29 at The Jago in London. Register & get a drink free on the night: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...

Huge thanks to everyone who came to our Creative Solidarity for Palestine day on Saturday 💚 It was a truly moving & beautiful day.

Read my piece for @indexoncensorship.org on Hanna Komar's brilliant debut play, Body in Progress, examining the impact of trauma on the mind and body: www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/hann...

Thanks to everyone who tuned in this year!

Index is excited to launch its year-end banned books competition! We’ve turned 20 banned book titles into fiendish cryptic clues. Think you’ve got what it takes? Take the quiz now for a chance to win a year’s subscription to Index's magazine: www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/inde...

Index on Censorship joins Doughty Street International and @hrf.org in welcoming the release of Iranian rapper #ToomajSalehi from prison yesterday. Salehi spent 753 days imprisoned for using his music and activism to support women and human rights in #Iran: www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/iran...

We welcome the news that Iranian rapper #ToomajSalehi has been released from prison. Toomaj is a brave and brilliant person who should never have been imprisoned to begin with. We’ve been proud to support him since his arrest: www.iranintl.com/en/202412010...

Join rapper and poet Fedzilla on 7 December at 3pm for I’m (not) fine, a creative writing workshop for beginners. She’ll walk you through prompts, ideas and personal experience in putting despair and hope on paper. Register now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bosla-arts...

Yesterday, imprisoned British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah spent another birthday behind bars in #Egypt. It also marked his mother's 50th day on hunger strike, protesting his imprisonment. Index continues to call for his immediate release: www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/09/brit...

Announcing Creative Solidarity for Palestine! A day of workshops, music, food and an open mic on Saturday 7 December at Palestine House London. SEE YOU THERE! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bosla-arts...

Index condemns reports that #Iran authorities are opening a “hijab removal treatment clinic” to impose “scientific and psychological treatment” on women who remove their hijabs. This "clinic" exemplifies the government's ongoing crackdown on women’s rights: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Listen to the latest episode of The Art Persists Podcast with Reihane Taravati, Iranian photographer. Reihane tells me about the pivotal moment of her career where she had the chance to photograph #NargesMohammadi at her home during a brief release from prison: open.spotify.com/episode/7yas...

Reihane Taravati, Iranian photographer and activist, is on The Art Persists Podcast! Reihane tells us about the challenges of being a photographer in #Iran and photographing imprisoned activist and HRD, #NargesMohammadi. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen: tr.ee/P0baDDgeyv

Donald Trump’s election victory raises serious concerns about the future of free speech in the #US and rest of the world, writes Jemimah Steinfeld, CEO of @IndexCensorship: www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/11/dona...