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“Whistleblowers in Nigeria’s healthcare system often encounter retaliation, including threats, suspension or sacking, and ...
Campaigner Peter Tatchell was detained on Saturday in a case that shows all that’s going wrong with free speech in the UK ...
On the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus, Index explores how healthcare is being used as a ...
The doctor, writer and activist discusses the difficulties of speaking out against institutional racism in UK healthcare ...
We’ve been here before, with Qatar in 2022. This time we can only hope that speaking up early actually prompts change. We won’t hold our breath though. As our own investigation Oiling the Wheels of ...
Index has written to the UK's Foreign Secretary regarding the unjust treatment of the British citizen in Saudi Arabia ...
Moments of Freedom was Index on Censorship’s 2023 year-end campaign where we asked our readers and supporters to vote on the moments during the past twelve months that have given them hope that the ...
At its core, freedom of religion or belief requires freedom of expression. Both fundamental rights are protected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, yet nearly half of all countries penalize ...
While walking the streets of the upscale downtown district of Beirut, or sipping cocktails in one of El-Hamra’s bustling bars, one could easily forget that Lebanon is a country where civil liberties ...
James Brokenshire was giving an interview to the Financial Times last month about his role in the government’s online counter-extremism programme. Ministers are trying to figure out how to block ...
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days On 14 February 1989 Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to execute ...
Greece has been rocked by accusations of government corruption and a phone-tapping scandal involving opposition politicians and journalists Philosopher and legal scholar Ronald Dworkin, who died today ...