2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award-winner Ildar Dadin was the first, and remains the only, person to be convicted under a notorious 2014 public assembly law.
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Digital Activism 2017
2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Digital Activism Award-winner Turkey Blocks monitors internet shutdowns in Turkey.
Journalism 2017
2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award-winning Maldives Independent, which provides news in English, is one of the few remaining independent media outlets in the country
#IndexAwards2017: Index announces Freedom of Expression Awards winners
A Chinese political cartoonist, a Russian rights activist, a crusading news organisation from Maldives and a digital collective from Turkey were the winners of the 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards.
Jodie Ginsberg: Our ambition is modest: nothing less than an end to censorship
Our aim is to put ourselves out of business. Our ambition is modest: nothing less than an end to censorship.
Ildar Dadin: “Together, we can refuse to look away”
The 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award winning Ildar Dadin’s acceptance speech.
Zaheena Rasheed, Maldives Independent: “This award feels like a lifeline”
The 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award-winning Maldives Independent acceptance speech.
Rebel Pepper: “I will continue working hard on creating new cartoons”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Wang Liming, better known under the pseudonym Rebel Pepper, is one of China’s most notorious political...
Alp Toker, Turkey Blocks: “Online censorship is increasingly used to mask more severe human rights violations”
Internet shutdowns – the wholesale censorship of millions of voices and silencing of entire populations – pose a grave threat to the media, democracy, most of all vulnerable communities and ordinary citizens.
#IndexAwards2010: Mahsa Vahdat, Freemuse Award for Music
Since winning the Freemuse Award for Music in 2010, Mahsa Vahdat has continued to use her music to fight for freedom of expression for the women of Iran.
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.