2017 Freedom of Expression Arts Award-winner Wang Liming, better known under the pseudonym Rebel Pepper, is one of China’s most notorious political cartoonists.
Arts 2017
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Campaigning 2017
2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award-winner Ildar Dadin was the first, and remains the only, person to be convicted under a notorious 2014 public assembly law.
Digital Activism 2017
2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Digital Activism Award-winner Turkey Blocks monitors internet shutdowns in Turkey.
Journalism 2017
2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award-winning Maldives Independent, which provides news in English, is one of the few remaining independent media outlets in the country
Index announces winners of the 2017 Freedom of Expression Awards
The winners were: Chinese political cartoonist Rebel Pepper (Arts); Russian human rights activist Ildar Dadin (Campaigning); Digital collective Turkey Blocks (Digital Activism); news outlet Maldives Independent and its former editor Zaheena Rasheed (Journalism).
Pro-Israel activists protest over Breaking the Silence award nomination (Jewish Chronicle)
Pro-Israel activists picketed an award ceremony in London last night over the nomination of Breaking the Silence, an Israeli veterans’ group which collects testimonies about alleged human rights abuses. The campaign group Index on Censorship had...
Breaking the Silence shortlisted for freedom of expression award (Jewish News)
The non-profit organisation Index On Censorship presented its annual Freedom of Expression Awards on Wednesday at London’s Unicorn Theatre. In the Campaigning category, Breaking the Silence was one of the four individuals/organisations on the short...
#IndexAwards2017: Index announces Freedom of Expression Awards winners
A Chinese political cartoonist, a Russian rights activist, a crusading news organisation from Maldives and a digital collective from Turkey were the winners of the 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards.
Jodie Ginsberg: Our ambition is modest: nothing less than an end to censorship
Our aim is to put ourselves out of business. Our ambition is modest: nothing less than an end to censorship.
Ildar Dadin: “Together, we can refuse to look away”
The 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award winning Ildar Dadin’s acceptance speech.
Zaheena Rasheed, Maldives Independent: “This award feels like a lifeline”
The 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award-winning Maldives Independent acceptance speech.
Rebel Pepper: “I will continue working hard on creating new cartoons”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Wang Liming, better known under the pseudonym Rebel Pepper, is one of China’s most notorious political cartoonists. For satirising Chinese Premier Xi Jinping and lampooning the ruling Communist Party, Rebel...