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Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are being silenced by the very people accused of committing the abuse. 📣Read our new report revealing how abusive legal actions in the UK & Ireland are silencing those who speak out ⬇️
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In our latest magazine issue, writer Maria Sorensen examines the state of free expression today and asks: Who controls the narrative? And what happens when institutions and academia fail to uphold open debate? Read more: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/free...
Freedom of speech needs freedom of thought - Index on Censorship
A new book has convinced our writer that we should be thinking about how our right to free speech contributes to the public good
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November 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
In our latest magazine issue, writer Maria Sorensen examines the state of free expression today and asks: Who controls the narrative? And what happens when institutions and academia fail to uphold open debate? Read more: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/free...
UK governments keep clamping down on disruption - and in the process on the right to protest overall. Banning tractors (& arresting those driving them) is just the latest step in a pattern of overreach undermining the UK’s commitment to free assembly: www.itv.com/news/london/...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
UK governments keep clamping down on disruption - and in the process on the right to protest overall. Banning tractors (& arresting those driving them) is just the latest step in a pattern of overreach undermining the UK’s commitment to free assembly: www.itv.com/news/london/...
Roma once had a promising career. Then the Taliban took over and she was forced to give it up. Now her child is sick and she's worried about affording his treatment. Roma's story is the first in a new series called Letters from Afghan Women. Read it now:
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We live beneath a dark roof: what it means to be an Afghan woman today - Index on Censorship
In this, the first of our Letters from Afghan Women, one writer believes she will stand, fight and build a brighter, more progressive Afghanistan
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November 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Roma once had a promising career. Then the Taliban took over and she was forced to give it up. Now her child is sick and she's worried about affording his treatment. Roma's story is the first in a new series called Letters from Afghan Women. Read it now:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/we-l...
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Activists in #Israel have been barred from protesting outside the #UAE embassy, in a setback for free expression. Activists were banned from protesting the UAE’s sponsorship of the #RSF, for risk of "harm to state security and harm to foreign relations":
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November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Activists in #Israel have been barred from protesting outside the #UAE embassy, in a setback for free expression. Activists were banned from protesting the UAE’s sponsorship of the #RSF, for risk of "harm to state security and harm to foreign relations":
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A message to the #BBC: allow listeners to question
@rutgerbregman.com's #Trump comment. Removing that line wasn't moderation. It was capitulation. It was censorship.
@rutgerbregman.com's #Trump comment. Removing that line wasn't moderation. It was capitulation. It was censorship.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A message to the #BBC: allow listeners to question
@rutgerbregman.com's #Trump comment. Removing that line wasn't moderation. It was capitulation. It was censorship.
@rutgerbregman.com's #Trump comment. Removing that line wasn't moderation. It was capitulation. It was censorship.
If public media outlets fail to do their job & are unable to resist political pressure, there can be serious consequences for journalists and society at large. Hungarian journalist Viktória Serdült knows this better than anyone. Read her latest for Index: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/a-wa...
A warning from Hungary – the BBC must stick to its rules and avoid political pressure - Index on Censorship
As the BBC in Britain faces a possible multi-billion dollar lawsuit from US president Donald Trump as well as political pressure at home, a Hungarian journalist reminds us of the importance of an impa...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If public media outlets fail to do their job & are unable to resist political pressure, there can be serious consequences for journalists and society at large. Hungarian journalist Viktória Serdült knows this better than anyone. Read her latest for Index: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/a-wa...
Over the past year, freedom of expression has come under mounting pressure worldwide. Censorship is on the rise everywhere. Our Year in Review highlights these challenges and how Index is pushing back to defend the right to speak out. Watch here:
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Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards 2025 - Year in Review
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November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Over the past year, freedom of expression has come under mounting pressure worldwide. Censorship is on the rise everywhere. Our Year in Review highlights these challenges and how Index is pushing back to defend the right to speak out. Watch here:
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“It seems free speech only exists for people who agree with them.” Reform UK's legal threats against Welsh news service @nation.cymru hints at the party taking a more aggressive approach to the #UK media. Read Daniel Boffey's analysis:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
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November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“It seems free speech only exists for people who agree with them.” Reform UK's legal threats against Welsh news service @nation.cymru hints at the party taking a more aggressive approach to the #UK media. Read Daniel Boffey's analysis:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Alarming news from Jerusalem where the Israeli forces stormed El-Hakawati, the Palestinian National Theatre and shut down a children's show - reportedly under direct orders from National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir:
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Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, shutting down a children’s show.
On Sunday night, Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, El-Hakawati, in occupied East Jerusalem, shutting down a children’s musical show titled “Dreams Under the Olive…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Alarming news from Jerusalem where the Israeli forces stormed El-Hakawati, the Palestinian National Theatre and shut down a children's show - reportedly under direct orders from National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir:
lithub.com/israeli-forc...
lithub.com/israeli-forc...
Don't miss the chance to see IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, the new film by #JafarPanahi out next Friday. Both urgently political and deeply humane, this new moral classic confronts truth and uncertainty, revenge and mercy, head-on: mubi.com/en/itwasjust...
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Don't miss the chance to see IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, the new film by #JafarPanahi out next Friday. Both urgently political and deeply humane, this new moral classic confronts truth and uncertainty, revenge and mercy, head-on: mubi.com/en/itwasjust...
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WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: Today, show solidarity with imprisoned Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit. He’s faced years of harassment, arrest, and imprisonment for his poetry and activism. Write your message now: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: Today, show solidarity with imprisoned Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit. He’s faced years of harassment, arrest, and imprisonment for his poetry and activism. Write your message now: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
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"It is the paradox of dictatorships that they are enormously powerful and yet fear they can be undone by verse." Thank you @theobserveruk.bsky.social for writing about #MohamedTadjadit, the poet unjustly imprisoned in #Algeria for his work. We continue our call for his immediate release.
Algeria’s protest poet will need more than awards to avoid a life in prison
Jailed for his verse, former fruit seller Mohamed Tadjadit has exposed the Algerian regime’s weaknesses. But that may not help his case
✍️ Steve Bloomfield
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Jailed for his verse, former fruit seller Mohamed Tadjadit has exposed the Algerian regime’s weaknesses. But that may not help his case
✍️ Steve Bloomfield
https://bit.ly/3JPyHso
Algeria’s protest poet will need more than awards to avoid a life in prison | The Observer
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November 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"It is the paradox of dictatorships that they are enormously powerful and yet fear they can be undone by verse." Thank you @theobserveruk.bsky.social for writing about #MohamedTadjadit, the poet unjustly imprisoned in #Algeria for his work. We continue our call for his immediate release.
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#Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Roma Ayuobi pens a moving narrative about the suppression of women under Taliban rule and their struggle to assert their voice and rights in society. @indexoncensorship.org.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Roma Ayuobi pens a moving narrative about the suppression of women under Taliban rule and their struggle to assert their voice and rights in society. @indexoncensorship.org.
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Since the Presidential elections, the #Trump administration has been using #AI imagery to spread misinformation. Mackenzie Argent looks at some examples of AI propaganda shared on official government accounts: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/meme...
Memes: The new frontier of American propaganda - Index on Censorship
How the second Trump administration is using AI imagery, spreading misinformation that often intimidates with repercussions for free expression
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November 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Since the Presidential elections, the #Trump administration has been using #AI imagery to spread misinformation. Mackenzie Argent looks at some examples of AI propaganda shared on official government accounts: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/meme...
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Am buzzing about the @indexoncensorship.org awards. Our winners are just the most incredible people. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Saturday Mothers, Carlos Correa & Mohamed Tadjadit - all heroes.
And buzzing that Deputy PM David Lammy called Index "iconic". So that's official now. Index = iconic.
And buzzing that Deputy PM David Lammy called Index "iconic". So that's official now. Index = iconic.
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Am buzzing about the @indexoncensorship.org awards. Our winners are just the most incredible people. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Saturday Mothers, Carlos Correa & Mohamed Tadjadit - all heroes.
And buzzing that Deputy PM David Lammy called Index "iconic". So that's official now. Index = iconic.
And buzzing that Deputy PM David Lammy called Index "iconic". So that's official now. Index = iconic.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya dedicated her award “to all Belarusians who have sacrificed their freedom to speak the truth”. Thank you to @thetimes.com for the brilliant write up on Index's Awards this week. Learn more about the 2025 winners: www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
Belarus opposition leader among winners at free speech awards
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya dedicates her Index on Censorship award to ‘all Belarusians who have sacrificed their freedom to speak the truth’
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November 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya dedicated her award “to all Belarusians who have sacrificed their freedom to speak the truth”. Thank you to @thetimes.com for the brilliant write up on Index's Awards this week. Learn more about the 2025 winners: www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
This week #Trump dismissed the murder of one journalist as "things happen", he told a reporter to "quiet, piggy" and he called ABC "fake news".
His contempt for the press is becoming louder and more dangerous. This can't be normalised.
His contempt for the press is becoming louder and more dangerous. This can't be normalised.
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This week #Trump dismissed the murder of one journalist as "things happen", he told a reporter to "quiet, piggy" and he called ABC "fake news".
His contempt for the press is becoming louder and more dangerous. This can't be normalised.
His contempt for the press is becoming louder and more dangerous. This can't be normalised.
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#Venezuela 🇻🇪 Carlos Correa, journalist human rights defender and director of IFEX member @espaciopublico.bsky.social has won the 2025 Freedom of Expression Award from @indexoncensorship.org.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#Venezuela 🇻🇪 Carlos Correa, journalist human rights defender and director of IFEX member @espaciopublico.bsky.social has won the 2025 Freedom of Expression Award from @indexoncensorship.org.
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"Mohamed Tadjadit is truly inspiring, a brilliant artist who uses his voice for the good of others. He has suffered deeply as a result" - @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social. Thanks to Middle East Eye for telling Mohamed Tadjadit's story: www.middleeasteye.net/news/algeria...
Algerian 'Hirak poet' facing death sentence begins hunger strike
Award-winning activist and poet Mohamed Tadjadit potentially faces execution over terrorism-related charges which rights groups say are politically motivated
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November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Mohamed Tadjadit is truly inspiring, a brilliant artist who uses his voice for the good of others. He has suffered deeply as a result" - @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social. Thanks to Middle East Eye for telling Mohamed Tadjadit's story: www.middleeasteye.net/news/algeria...
Last night we announced the winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards at a ceremony in London, hosted by @rosieisaholt.bsky.social and presenters DPM David Lammy, @biancajagger.bsky.social, @katemaltby.bsky.social & others. Learn more about the winners:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/winn...
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Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya among winners of Index on Censorship 2025 Freedom of Expression Awards - Index on Censorship
The awards celebrate those who have had significant impact fighting censorship anywhere in the world
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November 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Last night we announced the winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards at a ceremony in London, hosted by @rosieisaholt.bsky.social and presenters DPM David Lammy, @biancajagger.bsky.social, @katemaltby.bsky.social & others. Learn more about the winners:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/winn...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/winn...
Tonight, Trevor Phillips announced Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya as the winner of the 2025 Freedom of Expression Trustee Award! Tsikhanouskaya has dedicated her life to campaigning for democracy and freedom of all political prisoners in Belarus: www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...
Awards 2025 trustees winner Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya - Index on Censorship
Belarusian opposiiton leader named as Trustees Award winner in Index on Censorship's 2025 awards
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November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Tonight, Trevor Phillips announced Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya as the winner of the 2025 Freedom of Expression Trustee Award! Tsikhanouskaya has dedicated her life to campaigning for democracy and freedom of all political prisoners in Belarus: www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...
Venezuelan journalist Carlos Correa is the winner of the 2025 Freedom of Expression Award in the Journalism category! Correa has spent the last two decades fighting to defend the public’s right to know:
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Awards 2025 journalism winner Carlos Correa - Index on Censorship
Venezuelan journalist Carlos Correa has been named winner of Index on Censorship’s 2025 Freedom of Expression Award for Journalism
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November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Venezuelan journalist Carlos Correa is the winner of the 2025 Freedom of Expression Award in the Journalism category! Correa has spent the last two decades fighting to defend the public’s right to know:
www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...
www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...
The Saturday Mothers have won the 2025 Freedom of Expression Award in the Campaigning category! The group were awarded for their dedicated peaceful human rights movement which has run for the last 30 years in #Turkey: www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...
Awards 2025 campaigning winner The Saturday Mothers - Index on Censorship
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers are the winners of Index on Censorship’s 2025 Freedom of Expression Awards in campaigning
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November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Saturday Mothers have won the 2025 Freedom of Expression Award in the Campaigning category! The group were awarded for their dedicated peaceful human rights movement which has run for the last 30 years in #Turkey: www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...
We are delighted to announce Mohamed Tadjadit as the winner of the 2025 Freedom of Expression Awards in the Arts category. We stand in solidarity with Tadjadit as he begins a hunger strike this week in protest of his continued imprisonment: www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...
Awards 2025 arts winner Mohamed Tadjadit - Index on Censorship
Imprisoned Algerian poet Mohamed Tadjadit has won the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award in the Arts category
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November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We are delighted to announce Mohamed Tadjadit as the winner of the 2025 Freedom of Expression Awards in the Arts category. We stand in solidarity with Tadjadit as he begins a hunger strike this week in protest of his continued imprisonment: www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...