Index on Censorship, the bi-monthly magazine for free speech, widens the debates on freedom of expression with some of the world's best writers. Through interviews, reportage, banned literature and polemic, Index shows how free speech affects the political issues of the moment.

In its September 1996 issue Index asks how people divided by civil war, torn apart by hatred or bowed by oppression can come together and heal themselves. How do nations come to terms with a traumatic past and forge a different kind of future? Can a truth commission deliver truth, or a war crimes tribunal justice? What can reconciliation mean in countries ravaged by genocide or gross violations of human rights?

1996 Winner of the Utne Alternative Press Award for General Excellence

Updated 18 September 1996

	Editorial Issue 5/96 (September/October 1996) Wounded nations, broken lives - Truth commissions and war tribunals Country file - South Africa US divides - Another American, God Help Us, Century Index Index - a country by country round-up of free speech abuses Other regular features Netwatch - what's up in cyber-space Babel - voices of the Madres de Plaza Mayo Diary - no time for reconciliation in Israel Human rights - the case of the world's underage soldiers Interview - with Hanan Ashrawi Index on Censorship online Latest censorship news stories Letter from Nigeria - Regular updates from our Africa editor Index on Censorship gallery of censored cartoons Links to sites we like
	Back issues 4/96: God is not dead Country file: Saudi Arabia 3/96: USA Art unleashed Country file: Russia 2/96: Publishing today Critical press in the Middle East 1/96: The Chernobyl crisis Country file: Belarus 6/95: 100 years of film censorship 5/95: The United Nations at 50 Country file: US 4/95: Women: Year 1995 Country file: Cuba 3/95: Rewriting history Country file: South Africa 2/95: Death penalty in the US Country file: UK
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