Activists from Botswana, Turkmenistan, Bahrain and Turkey nominated in campaigning category; our innovative campaign for censored artists
This Week at Index: awards shortlist revealed and crowdfunding for artists
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2020 awards shortlist: Meet our campaigning nominees
Campaigners for LGBT recognition in Africa, a group supporting long-term detainees in Turkmenistan, an exiled critic of the Bahraini government and a lawyer who provides pro-bono legal support to Turkish activists have made the shortlist
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This Week at Index: Censored artists, awards nominees, libel survey, new law packs
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2020 awards shortlist: Recognising the journalism that lets all the world’s voices be heard
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="112436" img_size="full"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Journalists are at the frontline of protecting freedom of speech around the world and we recognise these annually in Index on...
This Week at Index: Dates for your diary
Events at Free Word and the Bloomsbury Institute, plus talks for International Women’s Day and Essex Book Festival are just some calendar highlights coming up
Free speech is for everyone — even if we don’t like it (The Times)
“The assertion that ‘I believe in free speech, but . . .’ has become depressingly familiar,” said Index on Censorship chief executive Jodie Ginsberg in the Thunderer column in The Times today. Read the full article
A Czech Dreambook: Dissent as an Everyday Experience
Join us for an evening discussing the Czech banned writer Ludvík Vaculík’s compelling portrait of dissident life
Legal threats to journalists: Call for contributions
Index on Censorship is carrying out research into the scale and nature of vexatious legal threats and actions against journalists in Europe
This Week at Index: 2020 Awards arts nominees, live facial recognition, and oh, would you like to be our new CEO?
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2020 Arts shortlist: Using rap and YouTube satire to protect free speech
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="112380" img_size="large"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hip-hop, satirical YouTube videos, a youth arts festival and rap are some of the ways in which art is being used today to...
Essex Book Festival: The power of protest: Where should we draw the line?
Join Observer columnist Kenan Malik, legendary LGBT campaigner Peter Tatchell and artist Stella Odulami for a debate on whether we should stand up for the right to protest. Chaired by Index on Censorship editor-in-chief Rachael Jolley.