Friday, 13 November 2020

"Anxiety has always been part of
Hong Kong’s handover story"

Photo: Kon Karampelas/Unsplash

As China ousts four democratically elected lawmakers from Hong Kong's legislature and their colleagues resign en masse, we publish extracts from a new book on Hong Kong by Michael C Davis which provides much needed insight into the current crackdown on rights in the city. 
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Index launches weekly What the Fuck!? podcast with Alison Jackson

In the launch episode of a new podcast on the freedom of expression issues making people angry, Index’s Mark Frary talks to artist Alison Jackson, renowned for her explorations into how the cult of the celebrity have transformed our relationship to what is ‘real’.

Jackson talks about her latest work, a sculpture of President Donald Trump in a compromising position with Miss Universe, the US elections and why the President needs the oxygen of publicity. Listen to the podcast here.

The attacks in France are an attack
on our values

Photo: Gouvernement.fr

After the murder of three churchgoers in Nice, there needs to be a national conversation around free speech, says our CEO Ruth Smeeth in her weekly blog. The actions of the presidents of Turkey and Pakistan to sow division and attack the French state after this horrifying incident have done little more than incite even more hate and anger.
People are disappearing around the world. In this look at Index on Censorship's Autumn magazine special edition, we tell their stories and listen to their voices.
Index on Censorship defends people's freedom to express themselves without fear of harm or persecution. We publish censored writers and artists, monitor and campaign against censorship, and encourage debate.  

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