This week, Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced that he would resign in January – news which was welcomed by all those who have been protesting regularly for him to quit – but which also prompted calls that he should go immediately
CATEGORY: Awards
Zehra Dogan: I became more widely known after winning the Index Freedom of Expression Award
We caught up with Dogan to find out what she has been working on since winning the Index on Censorship award.
Mimi Mefo: The voiceless in my country need me and I have to keep writing
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Winner of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award, the Berlin-based Cameroonian...
Index urges the Australian government to reconsider its decision to refuse a visa to award-winning journalist Mimi Mefo
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Mimi Mefo, winner of this year’s Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award, is due to give a keynote...
Index kicks off US college tour
Index on Censorship will begin a set of college events across the USA on 21 October 2019 as part of its Free Speech Is For Me programme
Fundación Karisma: The tension around free speech and social media is one of the big issues of our time
We caught up with Carolina Botero Cabrera, executive director of Fundación Karisma, to find out what the organisation has been working on since winning the Index award in April
Zehra Doğan, “I’m accepting this prize in the name of the Peoples of Rojava” (Kedistan, 13 October 2019)
The award was given on October 11 2019 at the Seaside Arena in Beirut. At the opening of the ceremony, the President of the Foundation, May Chidiac,...
CRNI At Second Cartooning Global Forum (CRNI, 11 October 2019)
For the second year running Cartoonists Rights Network International has assisted in the effort to bring together cartoonists, the organisations...
4 Controversial Artists Who Challenge Their Governments (Medium, 11 October 2019)
Art has played a major part in stirring up and supporting revolutions. As governments scramble to retract freedom of speech and suppress criticism,...
Robert Russell retires, award named in his honour (CRNI, 1 October 2019)
After twenty years at the helm CRNI’s founder and director Dr Robert Russell steps down from leadership of the organisation
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.