Abstract
Graffiti depicting an eye acts as a window between the east and west sides of the Berlin Wall, 1989
CREDIT: 1Apix/Alamy
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the Stasi, Germans still worry about who is watching them
Three cartoonists from around the world illustrate challenges to freedom of expression
Best-selling crime writers, including Val McDermid and Scott Turow, on using fiction to tell deeper truths
Mosul University’s library was destroyed by Isis but is now a beacon of hope for students
The first-ever Index crossword, based on a mystery theme central to this issue
Modern perspectives on Index contributors from the past Arthur Miller, Nadine Gordimer, Václav Havel and Samuel Beckett
We remember a former Index editor and fearless British Argentinian journalist