Our deputy editor Jemimah Steinfeld will be speaking next Tuesday about the state of press freedom in China. Details below:

Love a book shop? People broke into the tiny but perfectly formed Book Hive in Norwich and did a lot of damage, if you fancy buying a book, you could support their recovery here: thebookhive.co.uk/shop/?fbclid=I…

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The swan song of @MartinRowson - and what an epic illustration to end on: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Belarus Nobel Prize laureate Svetlana Alexievich asks for Lukashenko's resignation.“Leave before it’s too late, before you have plunged the people into the abyss of civil war,” she said. “Nobody wants blood. Only you want power.” theguardian.com/world/2020/aug… IndexCensorshipMag PEN International

The IT Crowd makes me laugh (a lot), so I was extremely pleased to interview Katherine Parkinson for the last IndexCensorshipMag about an exclusive short play for us, READ here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Tomorrow, 2pm UK time, our deputy editor Jemimah Steinfeld and leading journalists on China will be discussing what is happening to freedoms in the country as a result of the pandemic. Organised by Human Rights Solidarity. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

The work that @SusanLiebell and @gorenlj are doing with New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) is well worth a follow. Wide-ranging and smart conversations.

The #ALevelsResults scandal is exposing how bias algorithms can be. Here we present original research on how algorithms can be prejudiced against LGBTQ positive stories. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Privacy - is it being eroded to fight the pandemic? indexoncensorship.org/2020/06/privat…

#Belarus. Happening right now in #Minsk. Activists, musicians, singers gathered in front of Kupala's theatre. Yesterday, the theatre was blocked,its director Pavel Latushka was fired for his support of the protests. He joined the coordination council of the opposition.

As activists are arrested in Thailand, some good background on the harsh lèse-majesté laws that punish critics of the country's monarchy journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

This woman had to wait days outside a #Belarus prison, listening to sounds of screams, before finding out her husband was detained there. Her first thought was at least he isn't dead. All of this for just partaking in a protest. indexoncensorship.org/2020/08/have-y…

Awful things in #Belarus, let's keep putting on the pressure and staying hopeful things will change

It's my last day of 7 amazing years at Index, being editor-in-chief of the amazing IndexCensorshipMag has been a brilliant challenge, with incredible rewards, getting to work with people like...

IndexCensorshipMag Kaya Genç laura s. battaglia Irene Caselli Karoline Kan jean-paul Marthoz @tinysunbird Julian Baggini Ben Jennings @MartinRowson @tracey_bagshaw lucien bourjeily Ian Rankin Lisa Appignanesi @matthasteley ..well. The journalism and the strong stories, and the smuggling words out of prison is sadly just as needed as it was in 1972, don't forget to take out your subscription IndexCensorshipMag needs to be read cover to cover. It does. We are just going to press on the next one.

A big shout out to Rachael Jolley who is leaving Index today after seven years editing the magazine. Thanks for all of her hard work producing great journalism and for constantly fighting the good fight. Here's one of her award-winning issues: indexoncensorship.org/2016/05/danger…

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We have three very different but equally fantastic plays exclusive to our current magazine, all looking at Covid-19 from different angles. Have a read: indexoncensorship.org/2020/06/privat…