Thousands of miles separate the Maldives from Serbia, but Zaheena Rasheed and Stevan Dojcinovic describe similar attacks on press freedom at a panel discussion at London
We, the undersigned, express our deep concern with the government of Bahrain’s continued targeting of journalists, which further restricts free press and expression in the country
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.
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
The winners were: Chinese political cartoonist Rebel Pepper (Arts); Russian human rights activist Ildar Dadin (Campaigning); Digital collective Turkey Blocks (Digital Activism); news outlet Maldives Independent and its former editor Zaheena Rasheed (Journalism).
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.
The 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award winning Ildar Dadin’s acceptance speech.
The 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award-winning Maldives Independent acceptance speech.
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.
Julian Assange and Wikileaks have made a huge global impact since winning an Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award in 2008.
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