Professors Yaman Akdeniz and Kerem Altiparmak are cyber-law experts and internet rights activists who have campaigned vigorously against the Turkish government’s increasingly restrictive internet access laws
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#IndexAwards2015: Arts nominee Xavier “Bonil” Bonilla
Bonil is the pen name for Xavier Bonilla, an Ecuador-based editorial cartoonist who draws for several national newspapers, particularly El Universo.
Bahrainis are upset with John Legend — here’s why
People are taking to social media to express their disappointment at the award-winning singer performing in Bahrain despite the country’s poor human rights record
Padraig Reidy: There is not a limited amount of free speech to go round
There is, I am told, a war going on in feminism. A war between “intersectionalists” (I think) and TERFs (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists, as far as I can tell).
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab summoned by police and fears new arrest
The prominent human rights activist believes he will be handed down a new charge and could be jailed for years
#IndexAwards2015: Arts nominee Rory “Panti Bliss” O’Neill
Rory O’Neill is a Dublin-based stand-up comedian and self-described accidental activist for gay rights, who sees his duty as “to say the unsayable”.
#IndexAwards2015: Arts nominee Mouad “El Haqed” Belghouat
Mouad Belghouat is a Moroccan rapper and human rights activist who releases music under the moniker El Haqed, roughly translated as ‘The Enraged’.
#IndexDrawtheLine: Graphic content on social media: how much is too much?
With the rise of Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East, people across various platforms of social media are sharing videos of brutal killings by the...
#IndexAwards2015: Arts nominee Songhoy Blues
Fleeing North Mali after Islamist groups captured the area and imposed strict sharia law banning all secular music, four musicians who met as refugees came together to form the band Songhoy Blues.
#IndexAwards2015: Journalism nominee Ekho Moskvy
One of few media outlets that is critical of Vladimir Putin’s regime, the radio station is revered by many as the last bastion of free speech in the country