Shortlist announcement for the Freedom of Expression Awards 2010

March 11th, 2010

The 10th annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards honour those who, often at great personal risk, have given voice to issues and stories from around the globe that would otherwise have passed unnoticed
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Sexual threats against editor in Belarus

July 20th, 2009

Natalia Radizina, the editor of Charter 97 an oppostion news website in Belarus has received an email threatening violence of a sexual nature if she was not careful about what she chose to post. This followed a report by Charter 97 on a pro-Russian neo-fascist group. The website and those who work there have been subject to a long campaign of harrassment by the authorities. Read more here