Digital Rights Foundation based in Pakistan works on a cyber-harassment helpline that supports more than a thousand women.
#IndexAwards2018: Digital Rights Foundation protects women from cyber-harassment
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Chinese censorship circumventors GreatFire launch funding campaign
Digital activism group GreatFire launch crowdfunding campaign to fight China’s approach to internet censorship.
#IndexAwards2018: Team 29 fights for Russian free speech
The human rights group of lawyers and journalists take up and report on high profile human rights cases in Russia.
#IndexAwards2018: Open Stadiums challenges Iran’s restrictions on women
These anonymous women are fighting against the restrictions on Iranian women’s use of public spaces, including stadiums.
#IndexAwards2018: National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission combats Kenyan discrimination
The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission is the only organisation in Kenya taking a legal route to fight for LGBTIQ rights.
#IndexAwards2018: Egytian Commission for Rights and Freedom advocates for a democratic Egypt
ECRF has been fighting censorship and defending human rights through its criminal justice programme and online platform to bring students and practitioners online to discuss a student charter related to freedom of association in universities.
#IndexAwards2018: Banned novelist Abbad Yahya sheds light on the taboo
Abbad Yahya is a Palestinian writer whose fourth novel Crime in Ramallah has been banned for depictions of gay sex, as well as political commentary about fanaticism and religious extremism.
#IndexAwards 2018: Museum of Dissidence creators remain fiercely loyal to their project
The Museum of Dissidence represents a new, young generation of artists who are not afraid to challenge Cuba’s still repressive regime.
#IndexAwards2018: Silvanos Mudzvova’s performances protest Zimbabwe regime
The Zimbabwean performance artist has been abducted, beaten, and arrested, but has also been internationally recognised for his creative protests.
#IndexAwards 2018: Jamal Ali’s music fights oppression in Azerbaijan
Jamal Ali is a young Azerbaijani rapper living in exile in Berlin who – with one song – challenged the authoritarian regime.
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.