Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. Attempting to get to the bottom of the global Gen Z protests, with Imane Zoubai, @gunarajluitel.bsky.social, Sally Gimson of @indexoncensorship.org and @jamesrball.com. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

The #UK Government’s disappointing response to transnational repression in a recent report will not offer the protection & supported needed by those targeted for speaking out in the public interest. Read our open letter to #ShabanaMahmood ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/a-le...

In #Yemen, years of war have forced many to take jobs once considered outside societal norms. Journalist Khalil Ali speaks to those who have broken taboos in order to survive amid the ongoing conflict: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/brea...

When Sai fled #Myanmar, the last thing he expected was to be forced into exile again - this time for transnational repression. @antonialangford.bsky.social speaks to Sai about how #China’s attempt to silence his art show amplified its message instead: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/how-...

Enjoyed discussing the ethics of AI-generated content, the social harms posed by AI chatbots and what it all means for free speech with @tanyagoodin.bsky.social Henry Shevlin Jonathan Hall KC, @sahartahvili.bsky.social @jordicalbad.bsky.social and Susie Alegre. Free to read for a limited time only!

A joint mission to #Hungary last month by @coemediafreedom.bsky.social found a severely restricted media environment ahead of elections next year: ➡️ Harassment of journalists ➡️ Targeting of media outlets ➡️ Legal harassment against journalists & media + more: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/hung...

In her latest for Index, journalist @ruthsgreen.bsky.social looks at the increasing complexities around the ethics of #AI-generated content. Who (or what) is responsible? ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/the-...

18-year-old musician #DianaLoginova has been sentenced to 13 days in jail for her viral performances of anti-Kremlin songs. She faces a second charge of discrediting the army through her music. We condemn her arrest and call for her release: www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/29/s...

Academic freedom in the UK is being eroded. For years we have been investigating - and revealing - the extent of Beijing's influence: www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Thank you to @eurozine.bsky.social for reviewing our latest magazine issue, Truth, trust & tricksters in the age of AI! Read the review ⬇️ www.eurozine.com/truth-trust-...

Martha Otwinowski highlights the tightrope German cultural institutions are treading in relation to Israel-Palestine since 7 October 2024. Exhibitions have been cancelled and professorships withdrawn as organisations fear being accused of antisemitism. Via @indexoncensorship.org

In May, journalist Latif Baloch was murdered by gunmen who entered his home in #Balochistan. The reasons for his murder remain unclear. Journalist Akbar Notezai reports on his assassination and the increasing challenges facing journalists in the region: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Hungary’s most-read newspaper, #Blikk, has been bought by a company allied with Prime Minister Viktor #Orbán. The takeover is yet another way the prime minister is tightening his grip on the media ahead of #Hungary’s election next year: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

We are deeply concerned by the #UK government’s plans to restrict repeat protests. The police already have the power to limit protest. This new amendment threatens to undermine our democratic right to protest even further: www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...

Read our interview with @peterlaufer.bsky.social on his new book Don’t Shoot the Journalists: Migrating to Stay Alive, which tells the story of reporters under fire in an increasingly perilous profession: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Read British actor Simon Callow's moving tribute to his great hero #LaurenceOlivier who he remembers as an astounding physical presence and the last of the actor-managers at the National Theatre: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Worrying news from #Israel: a top military lawyer has been arrested for leaking footage showing the torture of a Palestinian detainee. Essentially branded a traitor, her case raises serious questions about accountability and authoritarian overreach: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Worrying news continues from #Iran where poet and activist Faramarz Se-Dehi has been sentenced to a year in prison in relation to his work. Se-Dehi has reportedly faced continued persecution by the authorities for his cultural and artistic activities: iranwire.com/en/society/1...

Eurozine is deeply saddened by the death of Judith Vidal-Hall, editor of @indexoncensorship.org from 1993–2006 and a longstanding member of Eurozine’s advisory board. We recall the deep and lasting mark she made on the network. www.eurozine.com/judith-vidal...

As #Slovakia’s Prime Minister #RobertFico intensifies his attacks on international dialogue and the media, the Šimečková family is fighting back. Read our latest newsletter on how they remain defiant in the face of the PM's campaign against them: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/the-...

I translated three letters written by "Get" Sophon Surattithamrong, currently imprisoned for lese majeste in Thailand for @indexoncensorship.org. Get writes with an expansive solidarity and links past and present struggles in Thailand to the history of #Gwangju and the #MilkTeaAlliance.

For years we have been investigating - and revealing - the UK erosion of academic freedom because of Beijing. Despite being back on track, the halting of research by Sheffield Hallam University shows just how prevalent it is & why we must address it: www.theguardian.com/education/20...

"We live in hope that this nightmare will one day end." We mourn the death of #MohamedKhamisDouda, killed when the #RapidSupportForces overran the city of El Fasher. Douda's death raises fears that civil society actors are being systematically targeted: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

New report 🚨 Media freedom in #Bulgaria: a joint mission by the @coemediafreedom.bsky.social and @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social, including Index, has found that fragile progress on media freedom in the country is at risk of backsliding without urgent reform ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/urge...

In the age of online information, it feels harder than ever to stay informed. To help you cut through the noise, each Friday we publish a roundup of the key stories covering free expression. From the #Tanzania to #Vietnam here are the top stories ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/week...

Eurozine is very saddened to hear of the death of Judith Vidal-Hall (1938–2025), a former editor of @indexoncensorship.org, former Eurozine editorial board member, and member of Eurozine’s advisory board since 2005. She will be deeply missed by the network and wider community.

Activist Sophon “Get” Surattithamrong is serving an 8.5 sentence in #Thailand for taking part in the 2020 protests. While imprisoned, he's been writing steadily about democracy in Thailand, South Korea & Myanmar. We’ve publish 3 of his letters: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, Justice for Journalists has released grim figures showing that 103 media workers are currently imprisoned in #Russia & #Belarus. We join their call for the release of all imprisoned journalists: jfj.fund/over-100-med...

Joint mission of the @coe.int Platform and @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social to Bulgaria finds out that the fragile media freedom progress in Bulgaria is at risk of backsliding without urgent reform Find out more 👉 go.coe.int/rAAIR #EuropeForMediaFreedom

Who controls the narrative in today’s free speech? What happens when institutions & academia falter? Maria Sorensen explores the state of free speech and argues that we should be thinking about how our right to free speech contributes to the public good: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

"She was a pioneer." Read Jo Glanville's moving tribute to Judith Vidal-Hall, our former editor-in-chief, whose dedication, integrity and wit reinvented the Index magazine and brought voices from the Global South to the forefront: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/exce...

The guarded approach of this year’s Berlin Biennale towards expressions of pro-Palestinian solidarity left artists and art public alike with the sense that what is permissible in Germany’s cultural sector isn’t enough. By Martha Otwinowski via @indexoncensorship.org www.eurozine.com/the-missing-...

Final day to apply! Are you our new editor? We are looking for an editor to work at the heart of our editorial team. Deadline tomorrow, 31 October: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/09/inde...

The Turkish government’s embrace of #AI comes with sinister undertones. Contributing editor @kayagenc.bsky.social explores how President #Erdoğan is using AI to amplify government narratives and discredit and silence his opponents ⬇️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

"As Yemeni citizens, we should be living in a safer world." Thanks @thenewarab.bsky.social for republishing this excellent piece by Laura Silvia Battaglia in our latest magazine on the Yemeni women demanding basic human rights: www.newarab.com/features/tha...

Almost 200 Ukrainian cultural figures were killed between 2022-2024 including poets Artem Dovhopolyi, Maksym Kryvtsov and Volodymyr Vakulenko. In our latest magazine issue, @komarnyckyj.bsky.social honours their poetry and legacy: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

We are deeply saddened to hear that #RadioFreeAsia will shut down its news operations on Friday. One of the few independent journalism outlets operating across Asia, Radio Free Asia was targeted with cuts by #Trump at the start of his second term: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

Do the dead have free expression? Griefbots are becoming increasingly popular in the age of #AI. @drkatedevlin.bsky.social explores the growing phenomena and questions whether we should have the right to shape our own words once we die: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/do-t...

History has always been contested, but #AI is making it easier than ever to rewrite the past. In our latest magazine issue, @saliltripathi.bsky.social explores how history is at risk of being overly simplified, further erasing marginalised voices: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

#Kashmir 🌏 In an article for @indexoncensorship.org, Mir Aiyaz explains how the book bans, raids, and the plan to change the script of the Kashmiri language are undermining free speech in the India-administered region

In the age of #AI, there’s no escaping your past. In our latest magazine, @timandraharkness.bsky.social explores “offence-mining” - how old posts and online histories are being used by individuals and even governments to discredit and silence their opponents: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Are you our new editor? Just a few days left to apply to be Index on Censorship's new editor! Deadline Friday 31 October. Apply: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/09/inde...

Not everyone in #Israel has fallen in line with Netanyahu’s government. Index spoke to the Jewish-Palestinian organisation Standing Together about their work towards peace, equality and social justice across Israel and the West Bank: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/not-...

#Kashmir 🌏 In an article for @indexoncensorship.org, Mir Aiyaz explains how the book bans, raids, and the plan to change the script of the Kashmiri language are undermining free speech in the India-administered region

Being a journalist in #Yemen today means facing a constant risk of being killed, detained or interrogated at any time, anywhere. For our latest magazine, journalist and researcher Khalid Mohamed speaks to 3 journalists about their experiences: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

We call for the protection of protestors in #Cameroon after at least four people were killed over the weekend after 92-year-old President #PaulBiya was re-elected in a fiercely disputed election: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This month, we lost one of the greatest Czech writers of the twentieth century, #IvanKlíma. To honour his legacy, we share his short story The Girl Athlete (Koulařka) translated and published by Index on Censorship in 1981: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/reme...

Christianity has grown faster in #China than anywhere else in the world - and Xi Jinping isn't happy. This month, over 30 pastors & churchgoers were arrested. Our CEO @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social looks at the crackdown on faith: in the People's Republic: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/ther...

“A blatant affront to free speech”. A British journalist /political commentator has been detained by ICE in the #US in apparent retaliation for criticising #Israel. #SamiHamdi is the latest in a series of foreign journalists targeted by #ICE: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Natallia Dulina was imprisoned in #Belarus for taking part in peaceful protests. Released in June and forced into exile, she spoke to Jana Paliashchuk about her time behind bars and new life outside her country. Hear her story⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...