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

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

Elections are held in Uganda, but they are usually a sham. Museveni is always assured of victory as he appoints the people ...

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

Index launched its latest magazine issue, Unsung Heroes, with an evening of powerful talks, poetry, and music from Joe ...

Raina Lipsitz is an author and journalist. Living in Brooklyn, her works have been featured in Al Jazeera America, and The ...

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

What do you do when your culture has been destroyed? When your studios, galleries, and universities all lie in rubble? How do you plan to rebuild when war continues? And how do you find hope amidst ...

Last month’s official confirmation that Saudi Arabia has been chosen as the host of the 2034 World Cup is evidence that sport has a long way to go when it comes to the protection of human rights and ...

Index travels to Germany to meet exiled newspaper editor Kyaw Min Swe, who faced torture and imprisonment at the hands of the ...

Our Freedom of Expression Awards recognise those on the frontline of free expression and whose work has contributed significantly to confronting censorship – specifically in repressive regimes around ...

The country’s rich literary history has been plagued by censorship and book bans ...