We speak with the USA-based non-profit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) about the new president's ...

Political opponents and journalists willing to challenge Lukashenka’s sham election face prison, exile or worse – but they ...

A complete cultural ban has meant musical experts must stop playing or risk their lives. We explore the impact on those in ...

Index on Censorship is alarmed by the arrest and ongoing detention of author Mahmoud Muna, owner and bookseller of ...

Author Mahmoud Muna and his nephew Ahmad Muna were arrested by undercover Israeli police with dozens of their books being ...

The Royal Family sit at the head of the UK's state. This is not some minor, superficial position, but instead one that is ...

A project to provide insight into the extent to which public watchdogs, including journalists, academics and environmental ...

Renowned Uyghur musicians Rahima Mahmut and Shohret Nur then took the stage to perform songs that spoke to the attempted ...

Since Iranian singer-songwriter Gola fled her home country in 2011, she has continued her fight for women's rights in exile ...

Pursuing a legal career has become impossible for women in the country. Some of those women told Index their stories ...

Elections are held in Uganda, but they are usually a sham. Museveni is always assured of victory as he appoints the people who preside over elections. He ensures that the police not only intimidate ...