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Index on Censorship

Ken'etsu ni kansuru Indekkusu

Aliases: Index

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1972 （London）
Nationality
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Residence History
London, United Kingdom

Career

Occupations
Non-profit, Freedom of expression advocacy organization, Magazine publisher
Active Years
1972-2024
Affiliations
Writers and Scholars International, Ltd (WSI)
Influenced By
Stephen Spender, Stuart Hampshire, David Astor, Edward Crankshaw, Michael Scammell
Influenced
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Milan Kundera, Václav Havel, Nadine Gordimer, Salman Rushdie

Awards

Amnesty International Media Award
2008
Work: Russia issue
Category: features
Organization: Amnesty International
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Legacy

Founded in 1972 in London, Index on Censorship is a non-profit organization and quarterly magazine campaigning for freedom of expression. Inspired by Soviet dissidents, it documents censorship globally, publishes banned works, and hosts the annual Freedom of Expression Awards to honor courageous journalists, artists, and activists.

Quotes

  • We, a group of friends representing no organisation, support your statement, admire your courage, think of you and will help in any way possible.
    Source: Telegram to Soviet dissidents (1968)
  • the tyrant's concealments of oppression and of absolute cruelty should always be challenged. There should be noise of publicity outside every detention centre and concentration camp and a published record of every tyrannical denial of free expression.
    Source: Stuart Hampshire (1972)

Trivia

  • The impetus for creation came from an open letter by Soviet dissidents Pavel Litvinov and Larisa Bogoraz.
  • Founding editor was Michael Scammell.
  • Hosts the Freedom of Expression Awards since 2001.