Index on Censorship will begin a set of college events across the USA on 21 October 2019 as part of its Free Speech Is For Me programme
Index kicks off US college tour
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CATEGORY: Fellowship 2016
The Circle x Eco-Age Difficult Conversations: Women in Conflict (Eco-Age, 29 August 2019)
In today’s focus, award winning Syrian journalist Zaina Erhaim and The Circle’s Anna Renfrew shine a spotlight on the threats and challenges facing women reporting from the front line of conflict zones. Journalists in conflict zones are exposed to...
The street artist capturing the impact of the war in Yemen (The Economist, 19 August 2019)
Frequent visitors to the skatepark on London’s South Bank may have noticed two new works of art among the decades-old graffiti. Both spray-painted in black and white, one image depicts a naked and emaciated mother clutching a newborn; another shows...
Reporting on the War in Syria as an Unveiled Woman (Zora, 6 August 2019)
Five long, shapeless tops; a pile of loose-fitting, dark-colored jeans; a knee-length coat; and a video camera. Those were the contents of my wardrobe for more than two years, when I lived in and reported on the rebel-held area of Aleppo, known as...
Index on Censorship calls on French authorities to reverse decision on visa for artist
We ask French authorities to reverse this decision and allow Murad, an Index fellow, to study
Chinese censorship circumventors GreatFire launch funding campaign
Digital activism group GreatFire launch crowdfunding campaign to fight China’s approach to internet censorship.
Meet Yemen’s street artist: ‘We want peace’ (Middle East Eye, 15 January 2018)
Murad Subay sees the devastated streets and bombed buildings in Yemen's war as something more than just ruins: he sees canvases onto which he can tell stories through art. The award-winning 30-year-old street artist's aim is to spread a message of...
Bolo Bhi: Still much work to be done to oppose Pakistan’s Cyber Crimes Bill
Bolo Bhi has been opposed to PECA from the beginning because of its potential human rights violations and threats to the right to privacy and freedom of expression
Zaina Erhaim: “No one is left in Aleppo”
The Index-award winning journalist Zaina Erhaim was due to travel to the USA this month along with three other Syrian women to screen their documentary series, Syria’s Rebellious Women
GreatFire: Chinese authorities don’t understand how the internet works
Digital activism group GreatFire talk about developments in China’s approach to internet censorship.