Mohamed Lotfy, executive director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, the organisation that won the 2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award for Campaigning, has been awarded the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law
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Cuban artist protests Decree 349 as Miss Bienal in Trafalgar Square
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a Cuban artist, and co-founder of award-winning Museum of Dissidence performs in Trafalgar Square on 26 October
Join Miss Bienal to say no to the criminalisation of culture in Cuba
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a Cuban artist, and co-founder of award-winning Museum of Dissidence will perform in Trafalgar Square on 26 October
Press freedom in Maldives: “I honestly think it is too soon for anyone to relax”
After five years the president of the Maldives may be on his way out — but no one is celebrating yet.
Artist’s Talk: Museum of Dissidence – Cuba
A talk with our Freedom of Expression award-winners behind the Museum of Dissidence about the power of art in Cuba
UK overturns decision to refuse visas to award-winning Cuban artists
The UK has overturned a decision to refuse visas to two award-winning Cuban artists who had been invited to take up a two-week artistic residency in Britain.
Egypt: “People are being hunted because of what they say on social media”
Ahmad Abdallah from the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms and winner of a 2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award, talks about increased violations against free speech in the country
Award-winning Cuban artists denied UK visas
The UK has refused visas for a second time to two award-winning Cuban artists who had been invited to take up a two-week artistic residency.
Wendy Funes defies pressures to silence Honduran journalists
“There have been deaths in the country, there are members of the military involved in extrajudicial executions, there is a culture of murdering people.”
Habari RDC working to see young people’s issues taken into account
“We will train our bloggers so that they will be better equipped to confront these issues, but also to enter into a dialogue with the decision-makers”