A Syrian-native who was studying journalism in London when war broke out in Syria in 2013, Zaina Erhaim decided to return permanently to report and train citizen journalists in the war-ravaged country
GreatFire was set up in 2011 by three anonymous individuals to counter the “Great Firewall of China”, the systematic blocking by the Chinese government of any website deemed controversial
Bolo Bhi, which means “speak up” in Urdu, is a non-profit run by a powerful all-female team, fighting for internet access, digital security and privacy in Pakistan and around the world
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 2016 Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award-winner Bolo Bhi are a digital campaigning group who have orchestrated an impressive ongoing fight against attempts to censor the internet in Pakistan. The all-women...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Set up by anonymous individuals, GreatFire is at the forefront of the fight against China’s severe web censorship. Using a variety of tools, the organisation tracks China’s censorship infrastructure, hosts mirror...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While journalists and citizens fled, Syrian-native Zaina Erhaim returned to her war-ravaged country and the city of Aleppo in 2013 to ensure those remaining were not forgotten. She is now one of the few female...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The inaugural Music in Exile fellow is Burkinabe rapper and producer Serge Martin Bambara aka Smockey. An icon of democracy in Burkina Faso, Smockey is an artist, music producer and political activist who fuses...
In 2011, artist Murad Subay took to the streets of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a to protest the country’s dysfunctional economy and institutionalised corruption
Serge Bambara, aka Smockey, is a hip-hop artist, producer and activist within Le Balai Citoyen, or the Citizen’s Broom, a grassroots political movement
Searching for “dissident artists” online, you’d be forgiven for thinking they are a purely Chinese or Russian phenomenon. But for every Ai Weiwei