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 depicted armored vehicles devouring civilians in her hometown, Nusaybin. She was denied access to painting...
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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 Turkey - according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Zehra Doğan, a Kurdish journalist and...

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 2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award-winning Museum of Dissidence. This is 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

Arts 2019
Artist Zehra Doğan is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Arts 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.