Yanelys Nuñez Leyva and Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, members of the Index Award-winning Museum of Dissidence, have been putting themselves on the line in the fight for free expression in Cuba
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From A Turkish Prison To Tate Modern: The Story Of Zehra Doğan, The Kurdish Artist And Journalist Endorsed By Banksy And Ai Wei Wei (Run Riot, 7 May 2019)
Zehra Doğan was released from prison on 24 February 2019. She was jailed over a painting she adapted from a Turkish army photograph where she...
World Press Freedom Day: Jailed for a painting (BBC World, 3 May 2019)
Today marks World Press Freedom Day. Around the world, hundreds of journalists are imprisoned for doing their jobs, and the highest number is in...
Index on Censorship calls on French authorities to reverse decision on visa for artist
We ask French authorities to reverse this decision and allow Murad, an Index fellow, to study
Index on Censorship calls for the immediate release of Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Index on Censorship calls for the immediate release of Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, a member of the...
Podcast: Freedom of Expression Awards 2019 Winners’ Roundtable
A special edition of the Index on Censorship podcast celebrating the winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards 2019.
Painting with honey, fruits and blood (New Internationalist, 13 April 2019)
Alessio Perrone talks to a Kurdish artist and journalist who has taken on the Turkish government from behind bars. Read the full article.
Journalism 2019
Mimi Mefo is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Journalism Fellow
Digital Activism 2019
Fundación Karisma is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Digital Activism Fellow
Campaigning 2019
Cartoonists Rights Network International is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Campaigning Fellow
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.