INDEX ON CENSORSHIP | VOL.50 | NO.3
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Up Front
1 THE THEATRE OF
RESISTANCE: MARTIN BRIGHT Index has a long history of promoting the work of dissident playwrights
4 THE INDEX:
EDITED BY MARK FRARY Free expression around the world today: the inspiring voices, the people who have been imprisoned and the trends, legislation and technology which are causing concern
Features
14 WOMEN JOURNALISTS
CAUGHT IN MIDDLE OF A NIGHTMARE: ZAHRA NADER Many Afghan journalists – women in particular – have fled the Taliban or are in hiding from the brutal regime
18 HOPE IN THE DARKNESS:
JEMIMAH STEINFELD Nathan Law, one of the leaders of Hong Kong’s protest movement, is convinced that the repression will not last forever. We publish an extract from his new book
22 SPEAKING UP FOR THE
UYGHURS: FLO MARKS Exeter university students have been successfully challenging the institution’s China policy, but much more needs to be done
24 OMISSION IS THE SAME AS
PERMISSION: ANDY LEE ROTH AND LIAM O’CONNELL Malaysia’s introduction of emergency powers to deal with “fake news” was broadly ignored by the Western media – and that only emboldened the government
28 I CAN RUN, BUT CAN I HIDE?:
CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN Journalist Clare Rewcastle
Brown is a wanted woman in Malaysia – and the long reach of Interpol means there are now few places where she can consider herself safe
30 MINING SACRED LAND:
SCARLETT EVANS Australia’s mining industry is at odds with the traditional beliefs of the Aboriginal population and it is taking its toll on the country’s indigenous heritage
36 BYLINES, DEADLINES
AND THE FIRING LINE: RACHAEL JOLLEY It’s not just pens and notebooks that journalists need in the USA,
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