Toomaj Salehi had become a key voice of anti-government dissent in Iran, strongly criticizing the repressive nature of the Iranian regime through his musical output and social media posts.

Index on Censorship examines the state of democracy in Narendra Modi's India.

The royal family rewrites history to its own advantage without compunction, according to a new campaign to end censorship of royal documents in official archiv

Legal tools and anonymous threats are used against dissidents.

As China marks the 25th anniversary of the transfer for rule from Britain to Beijing, we must be careful not to permit the past to be erase

Nathan Law, one of the leaders of Hong Kong’s protest movement, is convinced that the repression will not last forever. Here we publish an extract from his new book

Jemimah Steinfeld, editor of the Index on Censorship’s 50th anniversary edition, explains how journalism can be an antidote to autocracy

Vicky Xu has been facing online attacks since writing about forced labor of the Uyghur minority

Next weekend, Kyiv's hipsters will be fed a diet of stand-up comedy, music, fashion and food as they raise a finger to their aggressive neighbour

The pro-democracy campaigner and publisher of the Apple Daily newspaper faces a life-sentence under the draconian National Security Law

The identities of outspoken China critics, both in the diaspora and of other nationalities, are being hijacked

The Department of Justice is also trying to ban 32 videos of the song on YouTube, including the English, Dutch and Japanese versions.

Press members living under the Taliban, and living uncertain lives in Pakistan, must be given clarity say campaign groups

Prince Harry aside, the royals excel at hiding information about themselves – and this prevents them being held to account, says Jemimah Steinfeld, editor in chief of Index on Censorship

Freedom: How we lose it and how we fight back

Toomaj Salehi faces execution for criticising the oppressive regime with his searing rap lyrics. But his case is becoming a cause célèbre among activists

In northwest China, the government is cracking down on the minority Muslim Uyghur population, keeping them under constant surveillance and throwing more than a million people into concentration camps.

If our history is to be written accurately, we need to have all records made available – not just those a government department sees fit.

Questions linger over Chinese star's safety after high-profile sexual assault claims

Analysis finds vaccinated women no more likely than unvaccinated to suffer stillbirth or premature births

This week's blog is authored by Jemimah Steinfeld, Editor-in-Chief for the Index on Censorship and Author on China.I always assumed one day I would live in Hong Kong. I had visited the city several...

It’s precisely at times of transition that we should take the chance to interrogate hereditary power

Academics are losing tenure and teachers are being fired as China's national security law bites

Chinese students in UK, other parts of Europe and North America face intimidation and surveillance from Chinese and Hong Kong authorities

Advocates of Huang Xueqin accuse authorities of ‘trying to exert mental pressure and physical torture’

On anniversary of the biggest ever protest that took place in Hong Kong, Jeffrey Wasserstrom looks at outcomes of a protest movement that changed China

Activist says he fled city because he faced ‘unknown dangers’ under national security law

35 years since Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

Democracy activist and founder of Apple Daily tabloid newspaper potentially faces life in prison over charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces