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Lyrics performed by Yinfi - Index on Censorship

May 27, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Ruth Anderson |Martin Bright |Natalie Xu

回憶有罪（香港組合達明一派為六四事件三十週年所創作的粵語歌。曲：劉以達; 詞：林夕）舊日或問天怎允許摧毀信念浩蕩像為了被懷念現在別問他可有膽公開紀念被現實騎劫怎怨天如燭光都有罪將暗黑多幾十年如傷疤都有靈未變臉回憶即使有罪真相怎麼敢無言歷史假使有人定被發現現在若問他可悔當天走太前道路腐壞了不敢涉險現在若問我怎會這麼想紀念烈焰幻滅過總有煙如燭光都有罪將暗黑多幾十年如傷疤都有靈未變臉回憶即使有罪真相怎麼敢無言歷史假使有人定被發現皇天不必答辯只怕蒼生肯忘言后土不知冷熱生滅無念歷史只懂向前輾轉反側三十年如今滄桑少年莫問蒼天若舉傘為誰命運祭奠廣場上這麼多告別莫須有是誰造就壯烈願廣場上聲音不會滅Memory Is A Crime(A Cantonese song by Anthony Wong written for the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Protests. Composer: Tats Lau.
Pakistan election surprise highlights ways to fight censorship

Feb 19, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Ruth Anderson |Yassmin Abdel-Magied |Natalie Xu

Independent candidates backed by the PTI, the party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, won 93 seats in Pakistan’s National Assembly. Photo: World Economic Forum / Valeriano Di Domenico via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/49424936756)The media in Pakistan, a 240-million strong nation, has seldom been free ever since it removed its colonial shackles from the British Raj in 1947.
Love in the time of dissent

Feb 16, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Ruth Anderson |Yassmin Abdel-Magied |Natalie Xu |Maria Sorensen

This week marked another Valentine’s Day and the world was abuzz with expressions of love and affection. Yet, amidst the sea of roses and chocolates, there lies a stark reality for many: the agony of separation from loved ones. For dissidents around the globe, this pain is not merely a matter of distance; it is the consequence of standing against tyranny - for speaking truth to power.
China's feminists walk a tightrope

Feb 14, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Natalie Xu |Maria Sorensen |Ruth Anderson

It was in 2015, during my internship at one of China’s most prominent digital media publications, that I had my first close encounter with censorship. Every so often the editor-in-chief would repost a message to our online chat group coming from someone whose username was “The Person is Present” (“人在呢”). They were from the Cyberspace Administration, which is the national internet regulator and censor of China.