Ramón Esono Ebalé has been named the winner of the 2017 Cartoonists Rights Network International Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning.
Cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé wins CRNI award
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Groups hold London vigil for murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Free expression advocates marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists by honouring the courage of Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Publishing’s brave new world
Join Index on Censorship for a talk on freedom of expression and censorship in publishing, as part of the conference Publishing – A Brave New World?
Bahrain: UK-based rights activist’s family sentenced to three years in reprisal case
The Bahraini authorities on Monday 30 October sentenced the mother-in-law, Hajer Mansoor Hasan, and brother-in-law, Sayed Nizar Alwadaei, of UK-based human rights defender Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei to three years in prison in reprisal for his work.
Azerbaijan: Open letter to EU ahead of Aliyev’s Brussels visit
NGOs urge the EU member state heads and leaders to use the summit to call on president Aliyev to end the current human rights crackdown in Azerbaijan
Free expression organisations intervene on cases of detained Turkish journalists
Index on Censorship joins free expression organisations intervening before the European Court of Human Rights on cases of detained journalists in Turkey
Exhibition: Repressive governments the world over fear cartoonists
Join Index, Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation and Cartoonists’ Rights Network for an exhibition of political cartoons in support of silenced artists.
Bahraini Injustice: Nabeel Rajab subjected to humiliating treatment
Bahraini authorities transferred human rights defender Nabeel Rajab from a clinic to the notorious Jau Prison despite severe medical risks, subjecting him to humiliating treatment on arrival.
Bahrain’s reprisals against activist’s family must end
Index joins with international organisations to demand that nations urgently raise the case of Sayed Nazar Alwadaei, Hajar Mansoor Hasan and Mahmood Marzooq Mansoor with the Government of Bahrain.
Sonos is spending $1.5M to fight censorship in the arts (Fast Company)
If musicians can’t make music, then Sonos has nothing to play through its speakers. “We believe music changes lives,” says Sonos CEO Patrick Spence. “That isn’t possible without the artists that make it happen.” Read the full article
Vigil for Daphne Caruana Galizia
Join us to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists by joining a vigil mourning the death of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered on Monday 16 October.
Bahraini court delays hearing for Nabeel Rajab
Bahrain’s Appeals Court convened in the second appeals hearing for Nabeel Rajab, who was sentenced to two years in July for speaking to journalists.