Winners from Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Niger and the UK named at ceremony
Champions of free expression celebrated at Index on Censorship awards
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CATEGORY: Africa
Why journalists need emergency safe havens
Journalists tell Index how a new type of visa is vital to protect lives and stop media censorship. Rachael Jolley reports
Contents – Whistleblowers: the lifeblood of democracy
Index's new issue of the magazine looks at the importance of whistleblowers in upholding our democracies. Featured are stories such as the case of...
Index on Censorship announces shortlist for 2021 Freedom of Expression Awards
Imprisoned Egyptian human rights campaigner, Russian feminist performance artist, and persecuted Djiboutian journalists among the shortlisted candidates
Burkina Faso’s media freedom under attack
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Burkina Faso is supposedly one of Africa’s gems when it comes to press freedom. In a continent full of countries...
Contents – China’s global brand: a century of silencing dissent
Index looks back on 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party and how their censorship laws continue to shape the lives of people around the world...
Equatorial Guinea: Journalist Delfin Mocache Massoko facing threats over corruption investigation
South African court demands apology from lawyer linked to country’s ruling Obiang family
“Tanzanians want democracy, respect for their basic human rights and dignity” – Tundu Lissu
The Tanzanian opposition leader, who has been forced to flee the country, talks to Index about the recent election
“Between the devil and the deep blue sea” – how Nigeria is looking to move forward from the #endSARS protests
Young Nigerians are coming together to make sure their voices heard
Tanzania: will Magufuli return to power in free and fair elections?
The polls say that the country’s incumbent president will get a second term but will the result be rigged?
Freedom of expression in Africa. Index on Censorship covers free speech, freedom of religion, artistic freedom on the continent of Africa.