Index on Censorship condemns a criminal indictment sent to a Turkish court against 16 civil society leaders including artist Meltem Arikan, actors Memet Ali Alabora and Pinar Ogun, and journalist Can Dündar.
With the ongoing violence, questions are now being asked as to whether Mnangagwa has control over the country, with many believing that Zimbabwe is effectively a military state
The Index Awards Fellowship has become an important element of Index on Censorship’s work
Index on Censorship calls for the immediate release of activist Evan Mawarire, who was arrested in Zimbabwe on Wednesday.
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.
Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Awards exist to celebrate individuals or groups who have had a significant impact fighting censorship anywhere in the world.
Artistic freedom is under attack in Cuba, but artists are fighting back.
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
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
Funes worries violence has become “normalised” in Honduras and that the shooting and wounding of journalist Geovanny Sierra is just the latest example
The Freedom of Expression Awards and Fellowship is a key Index on Censorship programme designed to highlight and amplify the work of some of the world’s most courageous defenders of freedom of expression. Previous winners include Journalist Fergal Keane, novelist Ma Jian, lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, activist Malala Yousafzai, cartoonist Ali Ferzat, journalists Anna Politkovskaya and Fergal Keane, and Bahrain Center for Human Rights. Learn more.