Rafael Marques de Morais is an Angolan journalist and human rights activist. He is currently facing nine charges of defamation after publishing on human rights abuses committed during diamond mining operations in Angola.
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#IndexAwards2015: Journalism nominee Lirio Abbate
Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards 2015 journalism nominee Lirio Abbate is an investigative journalist working for the weekly news magazine L’Espresso.
#IndexAwards2015: Journalism nominee Safa Al Ahmad
Safa Al Ahmad is a Saudi journalist and documentary maker who has spent the last three years covertly filming an unreported mass uprising in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
#IndexDrawtheLine: Without the freedom to offend, free speech ceases to exist
Growth can only happen when old obsolete ideas are replaced with newer, relevant ones. If we don’t challenge the established system of thought, we...
Jamie Bartlett: The coming online privacy revolution
In his new ebook, tech expert Jamie Bartlett describes what he sees as the long-term ‘Snowden effect’: the explosion of new ways to keep online secrets and protect privacy, and the challenges that presents for state security services.
Padraig Reidy: Kicking anti-Semitism off social media won’t solve the problem
If the story fades, the bigots can rebuild, this time on their terms, high on resentment and low on truth
Dear Ambassador: We must agree to disagree
In January, Index on Censorship reported on the beginning of the trial of human rights activist Rasul Jafarov, who is being tried on spurious charges. The Azerbaijani embassy has written to Index on Censorship responding to that article. Here is our response.
Ali Abdulemam: I have not lost my identity. I am Bahraini.
Stripped of his Bahraini citizenship, Ali Abdulemam responds by saying “I have an identity and I am proud of it”.
Ecuadorean cartoonist Bonil facing charges after mocking politician
Ecuadorean cartoonist Xavier Bonilla, known as Bonil and an arts nominee in the 2015 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression awards, faces a hearing today under the country’s controversial communications law.
Padraig Reidy: Even old-fashioned national socialist clowns deserve free speech
Joshua Bonehill is a keyboard Fuhrer, an online agitator, but even he deserves free speech.