#IndexAwards2017: Evan Mawarire’s #ThisFlag protest brings hope to a nation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In May 2016, Baptist pastor Evan Mawarire began the most important protest movement in Zimbabwe’s recent history when he posted a video of himself draped in the...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Protesting presents many challenges, especially for women
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “I was arrested in Mufakose and severely assaulted by the police for inciting people to demonstrate,” says Linda Masarira, a Zimbabwean human rights activist and...
View ArticleProject Exile: Zimbabwean broadcaster grapples with post-Mugabe era
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This article is part of Index on Censorship partner Global Journalist’s Project Exile series, which has published interviews with exiled journalists from around the...
View ArticleAbility to protest peacefully is a hallmark of a functioning democracy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Index on Censorship is alarmed by the increasing number of restrictions being placed on protests globally, which includes attempts by governments to shut down...
View ArticlePodcast: Is there a global crisis for local newspapers?
Is this all the local news? We discuss this in the latest podcast. In the spring 2019 edition of Index on Censorship magazine, we explore what happens when the local news media is not there to hold...
View ArticleToo much news?
The last week has been unprecedented in global news - although I do feel that every time we see the word unprecedented to refer to current events we’re just tempting fate to make it even worse. Our...
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 ArticleContents – Express yourself: Overcoming neurodiversity stereotypes
Contents Up Front Mind matters, by Jemimah Seinfeld: The term neurodiversity has positively challenged how we approach our minds. Has it done enough? The Index, by Mark Frary: The latest in free...
View ArticleContents – Express yourself: Overcoming neurodiversity stereotypes
Contents The Summer 2023 issue of Index looks at neurodiversity, the term coined in the late 1990s to identify and promote the positives of variation in human thinking which has become more widely...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s ‘crocodile’ crushes dissent ahead of Wednesday elections
Despite his pledge not to curtail people’s rights when he came to power in November 2017, the past five years under President Emmerson Mnangagwa has seen the rights landscape shattered in Zimbabwe. Now...
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