04 Sep 17 | Press Releases
Index on Censorship abre las nominaciones para el Fellowship de los Premios Libertad de Expresión 2018.
- El Premio Fellowship honra a periodistas, defensores, activistas digitales y artistas que luchan contra la censura globalmente
- Los Fellows recibirán un año de apoyo especializado
- Para nominar visita: indexoncensorship.org/nominations
- Las nominaciones están abiertas desde el 5 de septiembre hasta el 8 de octubre del 2017
- #IndexAwards2018
A partir de hoy, las nominaciones para el Fellowship de los Index on Censorship Premios Libertad de Expresión están abiertas. Ahora en su decimoctavo año, los premios distinguen a los más notables héroes de la libertad de expresión mundial.
Los ganadores anteriores incluyen a Ildar Dadin el destacado activista ruso, que fue liberado de la cárcel mientras estaba nominado, los activistas digitales anónimos GreatFire de China que desde que ganaron han recibido fondos adicionales signicativos, y el músico y activista Smockey que fue apoyado para reconstruir su estudio en Burkina Faso después de que se quemó en un presunto incendio provocado.
El Premio Fellowship busca apoyar a activistas a todos niveles y abarca el mundo con otros ganadores anteriores incluyendo el caricaturista sirio Ali Farzat, la promotora de educación pakistani Malala Yousafzai, el periodista investigador saudí Safa Al Ahmad y la fotógrafa LGBTI sud africana Zanele Muholi.
Index invita al público, a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, a los grupos sin fines de lucro y organizaciones de prensa para nombrar a alguien, (individuos u organizaciones) que ellos piensen merecen ser premiados y apoyados en su lucha contra la censura en todo el mundo.
Ofrecemos cuatro Premios Fellowship uno en cada una de las siguientes categorías:
- Arte: para artistas de cualquier forma de expresión y productores de arte cuyo trabajo desafía la represión y la injusticia, y apoya la libertad de expresión artística.
- Activista: para activistas y defensores que han tenido un impacto notable en la lucha contra la censura y la promoción de la libertad de expresión.
- Activismo Digital: para usos innovadores de la tecnología para eludir la censura y permitir el intercambio libre e independiente de información.
- Periodismo: para periodismo valiente, resuelto y de alto impacto (en cualquiera de sus formas) que desenmascara la censura y las amenazas a la libertad de expresión.
Como Fellows premiados, todos los ganadores recibirán un año de apoyo directo incluyendo un nivel muy avanzado de desarollo, tutoría, y asistencia de emergencia 24 horas. Los doce meses empezarán con una estancia residencial de una semana en Londres (Abril 2018). Esperamos, durante el curso del año, mejorar significamente el impacto y la sostenibilidad del trabajo del Fellow premiado.
Jodie Ginsberg, CEO de Index on Censorship dijo: “El Fellowship de los Premios Libertad de Expresión no solo resaltan – si no fortalecen – los grupos e individuos que realizan un trabajo valiente y brillante para mejorar la libertad de expresión en todo el mundo. Los Fellows premiados muchas veces tienen que superar inmensos obstáculos y tienen que enfrentarse con mucho peligro solo por el derecho a expresarse. Esta es nuestra oportunidad para celebrarlos.”
“Insto a todos a nominar a su campeón de la libertad de expresión para asegurarse de que su voz sea oída.”
La lista de los finalistas nominados a los premios 2018 será anunciada a finales de enero. Los Fellows serán elegidos por un panel de jueces de alto perfil y serán anunciados en la ciudad de Londres en una ceremonia de gala en abril del 2018.
Para más información sobre los premios y los Fellowships, por favor, póngase en contacto con [email protected] o llame al +44 (0) 207 963 7262.
04 Sep 17 | Press Releases
Index on Censorship 2018 İfade Özgürlüğü Burslu Ödülleri için adaylık başvurularını başlatmıştır
- Ödüller, dünya çapında sansür ile mücadele eden gazetecileri, eylemcileri, dijital aktivistleri ve sanatçıları onurlandıracaktır
- Burs sahiplerine bir yıllık destek paketi verilecektir
- indexoncensorship.org/ nominations adresinden aday gösterebilirsiniz.
- Adaylık başvuruları 5 Eylül – 8 Ekim 2017 tarihleri arasında açık olacaktır.
- #IndexAwards2018
Index on Censorship İfade Özgürlüğü Burslu Ödülleri için adaylık başvuruları başlamıştır. Bu yıl 18.si düzenlenen ödüller dünyanın en önemli ifade özgürlüğü kahramanlarından bazılarını onurlandıracaktır.
Daha önceki yıllarda kazananlar arasında, kamuoyunda iyi tanınan, adaylığı sonrası hapisten serbest bırakılan Rus mücadeleci Ildar Dadin, bu ödül sonrası önemli ölçüde ek finansal destek alan anonim Çin dijital aktivist grubu GreatFire, kendisi burslu ödül sahibiyken Burkina Faso’daki stüdyosu yanan ve stüdyosunu yeniden inşaa etmesi için desteklenen müzisyen ve aktivist Smockey de bulunmaktadır.
Burslu ödüller, Suriyeli karikatürist Ali Farzat, Pakistanlı eğitim aktivisti Malala Yousafzai, Suudi araştırmacı gazeteci Safa Al Ahmad ve Güney Afrikalı LGBTİ fotoğrafçı Zanele Muholi gibi geçmiş yılların kazananları ile birlikte her seviyede ve dünya çapındaki aktivistleri desteklemeyi hedefliyor.
Index kamuoyunu, sivil toplum örgütlerini, kar amacı gütmeyen grupları ve medya organizasyonlarını, dünya çapında yaptıkları işler ile sansürle mücadele ettiklerine inandıkları kişileri (bireyleri ya da organizasyonları) aday göstermeye davet ediyor.
Dört kategori bulunmaktadır:
- Çalışmaları baskı ve adaletsizlikle mücadele eden ve sanatsal ifade özgürlüğünü destekleyen sanatçılar ve sanat üreticileri için Sanat (herhangi bir dalda).
- Sansür ile mücadele ve ifade özgürlüğünü teşvikte önemli bir etki yaratan aktivistler ve eylemciler için Eylem.
- Sansürün önüne geçmek ve özgür ve bağımsız bilgi alışverişini sağlamak için teknolojinin yenilikçi kullanımı için Dijital Aktivizm.
- Sansüre maruz kalmış, ifade özgürlüğü tehdit edilmiş cesur, geniş çapta etkili ve kararlı gazetecilik (herhangi bir dalda) için Gazetecilik.
Bütün ödül sahipleri bir yıl boyunca 24 saat acil destek ve doğrudan ileri düzey eğitim ve danışmanlık hizmetleri alacak. 12 aylık süreç Londra’da (Nisan 2018) bir hafta misafir edilmesiyle başlayacak. Ayrıca, bir yıl boyunca, ödül sahiplerinin işlerinin etki ve sürdürülebilirliğini önemli ölçüde artırmayı hedefliyoruz.
Index’in CEO’su Jodie Ginsberg “İfade Özgülüğü Ödülleri sadece bir vitrin işi değildir, aynı zamanda grupların ve bireylerin cesur ve muhteşem işler yapmasını güçlendirerek tüm dünyaya ifade özgürlüğünün yayılmasını sağlar. Ödül sahipleri sık sık devasa engelleri aşmak zorunda kalıyor ve sadece kendilerini ifade etme hakkı için büyük tehlikelerle yüzleşiyorlar. Bu bizim onları övmek için sahip olduğumuz bir şans.”
“Kendi ifade özgürlüğü şampiyonunu aday göstermek için sesini kullan – seslerinin duyulmasını sağla.”
2018 ödülleri listesinin son hali Ocak ayının sonunda duyurulacaktır. Kazananlar, kamuoyunda tanınmış panel jürileri tarafından seçilecek ve Nisan 2018’de Londra’da düzenlenecek bir gala töreninde açıklanacaktır.
Ödüller ve burslar hakkında daha fazla bilgi için lütfen [email protected] ile irtibata geçin ya da +44 (0)207 963 7262 arayın.
02 Apr 17 | Magazine, Magazine Contents, Volume 46.01 Spring 2017
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The spring issue of Index on Censorship magazine looks at how pressures on free speech are currently coming from many different angles, not just one. Richard Sambrook, former director of global news at the BBC, shows how journalists are in a bind, caught between what advertisers want and what readers want. Also looking at journalists, Duncan Tucker casts his eye on the grave situation in Mexico, where getting to the truth involves working against the government, violent cartels and even coworkers.
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Meanwhile, in the Maldives Zaheena Rasheed shows how a mix of forces conspire against those who want to write anything beyond the usual tourist sale pitch.
But the squeezes on free expression don’t just concern journalists. Annemarie Luck reports from Japan, where penis festivals are popular, but women struggle to discuss their own bodies. Can they find a voice through art and manga? For musician Smockey from Burkina Faso, art should indeed be a way to confront truth and yet that’s not always the case. Expectations run high for him to not be “too political” in his lyrics.
Universities, normally the cradle of free expression, aren’t faring too well either, as two articles show. Jan Fox reports from the USA, where bias response teams are becoming a staple of US collegiate life. In South Africa Fees Must Fall has created a divide between right and left, writes Natasha Joseph, with neither side talking to each other and those in the middle being silenced altogether.
Outside of our special report, Roger Law, creator of the iconic TV satire Spitting Image, talks about the great fun he had with the series back in the day and questions whether the show would be able to air today. Alfonso Lázaro de la Fuente might say no. He was one of the Spanish puppeteers arrested last year for a show that referenced Basque-separatist organisation ETA. In an Index exclusive, he explains what the charges have meant for his personal and professional life.
Want to know how to spot fake news? Then read Reel-time news in which Index’s team of experienced global reporters offer tips on how to spot fake news from a mile/screen away. And don’t miss Martin Rowson‘s fake o’clock news, a hilarious – and sinister – take on what a future of alternative facts would look like.
Index also publish an interview with Turkish journalist Canan Coşkun, whose coworkers are currently in jail, and a pair of writers discuss the situation of free speech in Poland, which is tumbling down global charts following the election of the Law and Justice party. And in the UK, former attorney general Dominic Grieve reveals that MPs are avoiding hard talk in parliament.
Finally, the culture section includes a short story from award-winning French writer Karim Miské and original work from Vyacheslav Huk, a Crimean novelist who is unable to publish work in his mother tongue.
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The Big Squeeze: Freedom of speech under pressure
Fact-filled future? by Rachael Jolley: Journalists need to step up, and produce more detailed news coverage. The public needs it
Between a rock and a hard place, by Duncan Tucker: Mexico’s journalists face threats from cartels, the government and each other
Reality rapped, by Smockey: An award-winning musician from Burkina Faso explains why he won’t water down his lyrics to avoid rocking the boat, despite pressure to do so
Talking a tightrope, by
Kaya Genç: Despite the crackdown in Turkey, the post-Gezi spirit still survives among the determined
Taking the bait, by Richard Sambrook: The quest for instant gratification online is seriously compromising news reporting
Dangerous minds, by Natasha Joseph: Rather than creating an alliance, Fees Must Fall is limiting free speech at South Africa’s universities, leaving some early supporters disheartened
Japan’s Madonna complex, by Annemarie Luck: Japan’s contradictory attitudes include highly sexualised images of women and women not being allowed to talk about sex-related subjects
Squeezed in the closet, by Hannah Leung: Get married and be quiet are the messages China’s LGBT community is given
Degrees of separation, by Jan Fox: The author investigates units appearing on US campuses suggesting students should report lecturers who they feel are biased
Dying to tell a story, by Sadaf Saaz: The list of what Bangladesh writers cannot talk about is getting longer, but that isn’t stopping some from writing
Trouble in paradise, by Zaheena Rasheed: Behind the image of palm-lined beaches is a side of the Maldives the government doesn’t want you to see
Your cover is shown, by Mark Frary: Tech giants and governments are out to get your data. Soon it might be impossible to remain anonymous
Stripsearch cartoon, by Martin Rowson: Tune in to the fake o’clock news
Composing battle lines, by Steven Borowiec: Why have South Korean pop stars found themselves caught in crossfire between their country and China?
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We have no time for fear, by Canan Coşkun: A Turkish journalist on the perils of reporting in her country when fellow reporters are imprisoned
Reel-time news, by Natasha Joseph, Kaya Genç, Jemimah Steinfeld, Duncan Tucker, Abraham T Zere, Raymond Joseph: As “fake news” dominates headlines, Index’s global team of experienced journalists offers tips on how to spot falsehoods before you click and share
Singing from the same hymn sheet, by Suhrith Parthasarathy: Rising Indian nationalism is creating a repressive state where non-conformity is deemed unpatriotic
Poland: Special Focus, by Wojciech Przybylski, Marcin Król: Poland has gone from free speech hero to villain almost overnight. Two writers discuss the shift and why history is being rewritten
Shooting from the hip, by Irene Caselli: A new mayor in a Mexican border city believes he will make it less dangerous for journalists
Silence in the house, by Dominic Grieve: The former UK attorney general says MPs are shying away from tough topics in parliament
Puppet masters, by Roger Law: The creator of iconic TV satire Spitting Image on whether we still have our sense of humour
Drawing the line, by John Power: Australia is debating free speech, one cartoon at a time. Cartoonist Bill Leak interviewed just before he died
Puppet state, by Alfonso Lázaro de la Fuente: A Spanish puppeteer, arrested after terrorism charges related to a show, discusses the impact on his life
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Novel take on terror, by
Karim Miské: The award-winning crime writer on why fiction and reality overlap. Plus his short story featuring a future where tech rules supreme. Interview by Sally Gimson
The war of the words, by Amira Hanafi: Translated extracts from an American-Egyptian writer’s project to capture the shifting linguistic landscape in Egypt since 2011. Interview by Sally Gimson
Crimean closedown, by Vyacheslav Huk: The Crimean novelist on being unable to publish in his mother tongue and a story of the narrator’s memories. Introduced and translated by Steve Komarnyckyj
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Index around the world, by
Kieran Etoria-King: What to look out for at Index’s Freedom of Expression Awards 2017, alongside news of other projects that Index has been working on in the last few months
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Getting print out, by Jemimah Steinfeld: Self-publishing may be a new solution to censorship in China and other countries
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Copies are also available at the BFI, the Serpentine Gallery, MagCulture, (London), News from Nowhere (Liverpool), Home (Manchester), Calton Books (Glasgow) and on Amazon. Each magazine sale helps Index on Censorship continue its fight for free expression worldwide.
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01 Dec 16 | Press Releases
Moddi (Photo: Jorgen Otay)
Free speech campaigners Index on Censorship will host a night of forbidden music on December 7 to raise money for censored artists.
This candlelit evening features songs that have been banned or censored, which will be performed live by award-winning Norwegian musician Moddi to celebrate the launch of his ‘Unsongs’ album — 12 tracks from global artists, including Kate Bush and Pussy Riot. The one-off event will be hosted in the restored Hoxton Hall, one of the East End’s hidden Victorian gems.
Moddi’s collection unfurls stories of censorship, persecution and repression, such as A Matter of Habit, a song inspired by interviews with Israeli soldiers and which was banned from army radio in 2012.
Also included in the set will be Moddi’s version of Punk Prayer, which gained international notoriety after Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot staged a performance of the song at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The group said it was a protest against the Orthodox church’s support for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Three members of the group were sentenced to two years in prison for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred”.
Earlier this month Moddi pulled Punk Prayer from his set at a festival in Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost county on the border with Russia, after Russia’s Consulate General in expressed concerns about the song being performed.
‘Forbidden Songs’ is a festive fundraiser in support of freedom of expression charity Index on Censorship, which champions musicians, artists and others around the world who are facing censorship and repression. All proceeds from the night will go to support Index’s Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship supporting persecuted artists, journalists and campaigners.
Previous award winners include hip-hop artist Smockey, from Burkina Faso, whose studio has been repeatedly targeted for attack because of his involvement with a campaign for democratic reforms that ousted the country’s long-serving and dictatorial president.
Tickets for the event are £15 and include a free drink courtesy of Flying Dog Brewery.
For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact Helen Galliano [email protected]
Notes to Editors
What the critics say about Moddi:
“Making banned music dangerous once again.” The Independent
“An eye-opening lesson in the importance of music” Mojo
“A brave, thought-provoking, musically adventurous project” The Quietus
“Music still has the power to confront authority” The Guardian
“Witty and spry” Financial Times
Index on Censorship campaigns for and defends free expression worldwide. We publish work by censored writers and artists, promote debate, and monitor threats to free speech. We believe that everyone should be free to express themselves without fear of harm or persecution – no matter what their views.
www.indexoncensorship.orgModdi & Unsongs
Unsongs is a remarkable collection of songs that have, at one stage, been banned, censored or silenced. The attempts to suppress them were as mild as an airplay ban and as brutal as murder. With great sensitivity and imagination, Norwegian singer-songwriter Moddi has given them new life and created a moving and eye-opening album. Unsongs simultaneously celebrates the censored and exposes the censors.
