Drakulić was one of Europe’s strongest feminist voices and penetrating chronicler of the wars still being waged on the continent ...

As part of our series of dissident profiles, Index looks at Nasrin Sotoudeh, the imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer who has made a career of defending political activists ...

UK news this week is dominated by a damning report led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden that reveals how more than 500 ...

I’m a woman in the Afghanistan of 2026. Here, days tick like gears in a clock, each moment predictable, each night a mirror of the last. Adventure sleeps and routine reigns. This is my life. I wake up ...

In June 2026, Dr Mahrang Baloch was sentenced to life in prison by an anti-terrorism court in Quetta, Balochistan’s capital. She and fellow Baloch activist Sibghatullah Shahji had been accused of ...

Between 2020 and 2022, more than 280,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were documented in the region ...

On Tuesday 16 June, Baroness Tina Stowell introduced her anti-SLAPP Bill in the House of Lords. The next day, Sir John ...

I was sitting in the staffroom of the school where I teach. It was a hot afternoon, and the weather made everything feel heavier. The room was small and crowded, with furniture pushed tightly against ...

This article first appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of Index on Censorship, The monster unleashed: How Hungary’s illliberal vision is seducing the Western world published on 2 April 2026. “My mother ...

For all of President Donald Trump’s unpredictability, he does have some consistencies, one being his love of a reviled ruler. He’s praised Vladimir Putin as a “genius” and “tough”. Kim Jong Un is an ...

Index on Censorship last night honoured two women at the British Book Awards in London who showed bravery in standing up to rich and powerful people. Both authors refused to be silenced despite legal ...