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Global champions of free expression: 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards shortlist announced

A self-exiled Saudi street artist who uses murals to challenge her homeland’s repression of women, a Nigerian organisation that fosters community radio, a group of digital activists tackling online trolls in Colombia, and a Serbian collective of investigative journalists exposing government corruption are among the individuals and organisations shortlisted for the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowships.

Museum of Dissidence: We must sacrifice ourselves if we want to achieve freedom in Cuba

by Ryan McChrystal | 11 Jan 19

Artistic freedom is under attack in Cuba, but artists are fighting back.

ECRF: As long as there are people defending human rights in Egypt, there is hope

by Perla Hinojosa | 09 Jan 19

The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, winner of the 2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award for Campaigning, is one of the few remaining human rights organisations in Egypt

Habari RDC: The only thing certain about the upcoming Congolese election is uncertainty

by Ryan McChrystal | 20 Dec 18

The Democratic Republic of Congo will go to the polls on 23 December to elect a successor to incumbent president Joseph Kabila, who has been in power since January 2001 when he inherited the position from his assassinated father

Wendy Funes: Fear is a weapon used against the vulnerable in Honduras

by Ryan McChrystal | 19 Dec 18

Funes worries violence has become “normalised” in Honduras and that the shooting and wounding of journalist Geovanny Sierra is just the latest example

NetBlocks tool tracks cost of internet shutdowns

by Gillian Trudeau | 10 Dec 18

“Internet shutdowns are increasingly used by governments to control the flow of information, particularly around elections or political unrest.”

Index joins show of solidarity with Cuba’s jailed artists: “Art should not be criminalised”

by Ryan McChrystal | 05 Dec 18

Index on Censorship joined others at the Tate Modern today in a show of solidarity with those artists arrested in Cuba for peacefully protesting Decree 349, a law that will severely limit artistic freedom in the country

#IndexAwards2019 Rappler editor and actor to judge international freedom of expression awards

by Index on Censorship | 05 Dec 18

Index on Censorship is proud to announce that the executive editor of Rappler.com Maria Ressa and actor Khalid Abdalla will join a panel of judges to select the 2019 Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship winners.

Cuba: Index calls for the immediate release of artists arrested for peacefully protesting law that will limit artistic freedom

by Index on Censorship | 04 Dec 18

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Update: All arrested artists have now been released, although they remain under police surveillance. Cuba's vice...

Cuban artists arrested while protesting Decree 349

by Ryan McChrystal | 03 Dec 18

Cuban artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara and Yanelys Nuñez Leyva, members of the Index-award winning Museum of Dissidence, were arrested in Havana on 3 December, along with the performance artist Tania Bruguera

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