As Hungary goes to the polls, Index looks at the Viktor Orbán-funded institute which is bringing together far-right leaders ...

Now that Lowry Academy has been publicly named, Index has written a follow-up to last week's book banning story ...

The Spring 2026 issue of Index on Censorship looks at Hungary's illiberal democracy and its influence across Europe ...

Media freedom in Serbia remains trapped in a downward spiral amidst record levels of physical violence against journalists, ...

We don’t need everything our kids watch to be learning opportunities or “therapy”. It’s OK for some stuff to simply be about ...

Read below former Index CEO and now the chief executive of the Committee to Project Journalists Jodie Ginsberg's powerful James Cameron Memorial Lecture delivered before the targeted killing this week ...

Read below former Index CEO and now the chief executive of the Committee to Project Journalists Jodie Ginsberg's powerful James Cameron Memorial Lecture delivered before the targeted killing this week ...

At its core, freedom of religion or belief requires freedom of expression. Both fundamental rights are protected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, yet nearly half of all countries penalize ...

Since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak two years ago, artists have been active in breaking Egypt’s age-old taboos around sexual violence, especially since sexual harassment has been on the rise.

Music has been described as a “cultural universal” – a practice found in all known human cultures and societies. While anthropologists still scratch their heads over exactly where the concept ...