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.
UK overturns decision to refuse visas to award-winning Cuban artists
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CATEGORY: Awards
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”
Museum of Dissidence: “We want to rebuild Cuba but change will not be easy”
The Museum of Dissidence, which won the Index Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship for Arts, is supporting a new generation of artists in Cuba to challenge the status quo
Cuban artists arrested ahead of anti-censorship concert
Authorities arrested artists Yanelyz Nuñez and Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, MEMBERS OF THE from Otero Alcantara’s home sometime before 6:30am on Saturday 11 August
Independent artists empower Cubans to speak out against censorship
To an outsider, the most startling part of artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s arrest on 21 July for attempting to protest on the Capitol steps in Havana was the passivity, bordering on fearful ignorance, of his fellow Cubans at the scene.
Cuban artists arrested for protesting against law restricting public display of art
Their plan was clear: cover yourself with excrement, hold a sign demanding “Free art. No to decree 349” and be visible
Nominations open for 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship
Artist? Campaigner? Digital activist? Journalist? Calling all champions of free expression. Make your nomination now.
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.