Journalist Zaina Erhaim says the Syrian government wants her killed and that co-operating with Syrian officials, by seizing her passport, was a very dangerous thing for the UK to have done.
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How are women journalists shaping war reporting today?
On 24 September Index’s CEO, Jodie Ginsberg, gathered with former BBC chief news correspondent Kate Adie and 2016 Index award-winning journalist Zaina Erhaim
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab sentencing postponed to 31 Oct
Bahrain’s judicial harassment of award-winning human rights defender must end
Bolo Bhi will continue to fight Pakistan’s cyber crimes law
Bolo Bhi is continuing its fight against Pakistan’s recently enacted cyber crimes bill.
GreatFire: Tear down China’s Great Firewall
In April 2016 the US government called China’a Great Firewall a barrier to trade. It came in the months following the US criticising China over its cyber spying on American
Groups condemn the confiscation of Syrian journalist’s passport by UK officials
We condemn the decision of UK border officials to confiscate the passport of Syrian journalist, Zaina Erhaim, at the request of Syrian authorities.
Smockey: “We would like to trust the justice of our country”
Burkinabe rapper and activist with Le Balai Citoyen, Smockey, became the inaugural Music in Exile Fellow at the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards in April 2016.
Zaina Erhaim: Balancing work and family in times of war
2016 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award-winner Zaina Erhaim discusses the ongoing war in Syria.
Artist Murad Subay worries about the future for Yemen’s children
On 3 September 2015, a group of Houthi rebels convened a meeting at al-Najah School in the al-Haima district of Bani Waleed, a village, 72 kilometres west of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa.
Nominations open for 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards
Beginning today, nominations for the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship are open.
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.