Democracy – at death’s door in Modi’s India?
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Modi’s India: The age of intolerance in the world’s biggest democracy
Recent estimates suggest that India has now overtaken China in population size, but where the world's most populated country should be a beacon of democracy, the opposite may be true. Under Narendra...
View ArticleIndia tightens grip on social media platforms
India is a globally important market for the social media platform Twitter. Even though in absolute numbers its 23 to 24 million users is small compared to the size of the population of what is now...
View ArticleContents – Modi’s India: The Age of Intolerance
Contents The central theme of the Spring 2023 issue of Index is India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After monitoring Modi’s rule since he was elected in 2014, Index decided to look deeper into...
View ArticleSir Salman Rushdie wins Freedom to Publish Award
Author says freedom of expression has never been under greater threat in the West in his lifetime The publishing industry last night paid tribute to Sir Salman Rushdie, who was presented with the...
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Nominees for the 2023 Freedom of Expression Awards – Journalism
Bilan Media (Somalia) Bilan Media is Somalia’s first women-only media organisation and newsroom, which aims to challenge gendered threats against women in journalism, as well as covering...
View ArticleShortlists announced for the 2023 Freedom of Expression Awards
For the last 22 years Index on Censorship has been proud to host the annual Freedom of Expression Awards. It’s an opportunity to celebrate the brave artists, journalists and campaigners from around the...
View ArticleIndia’s Right to Know under threat as social media giants bend to censorship
Last week Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shocked the world by claiming that Canadian resident and Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar had been assassinated by Indian government agents...
View ArticleContents – In bad faith: How religion is being weaponised by the right
Contents The Autumn 2023 issue of Index looks at blasphemy laws, and how they are being weaponised by the religious right as a means of imposing intolerance. We wanted to understand the ways in which...
View Article2023 Freedom of Expression Award winners announced
An Iranian rapper, an Indian fact-checker and an Afghan with a motorbike classroom. One thing that connects these three is the time they’ve spent, or are still spending, behind bars. The other is that...
View ArticleContents – Having the last laugh: The comedians who won’t be silenced
Contents The Winter 2023 issue of Index looks at how comedians are being targeted by oppressive regimes around the world in order to crack down on dissent. In this issue, we attempt to uncover the...
View Article2024, the year that four billion go the polls
Happy New Year – I hope… Entering a new year typically encourages us to reflect on the past 12 months and consider the impact of what is likely to happen in the next 12. Depressingly, 2023 was yet...
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