These are the winners of the 2005 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards


Birmingham Repertory Theatre: BEHZTI
In December of 2004, Birmingham Repertory Theatre staged the world premiere of Behzti, a new play by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, in the smaller of its two theatres, The Door, which is a space exclusively dedicated to the production and presentation of new plays. “Behzti” is a word in common usage amongst the Punjabi speaking community meaning “dishonour” or “shame”.

Does God love democracy?
More intimately than at any time since the Middle Ages, and from the USA to China, the world’s religions are back in the thick of politics. To what effect and with what consequences?

Writing on the walls
Index on Censorship magazine looks at lives disrupted by man-made borders and the social, political and economic havoc they wreak on communities.

The lying game
Index looks at a world in which truth segues almost perceptibly unto untruth, politicians come, sincerely, to believe their own lies.

Awards 2004
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Apocalypse: The truth about AIDS
Index attempts to unmask the lies, denial, discrimination surrounding HIV/AIDS – and points the finger at the chief culprits
Index on Censorship Award winners 2004
These are the winners of the 2004 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards

Law on trial
Index attempts to unmask the lies, denial, discrimination surrounding HIV/AIDS – and points the finger at the chief culprits

Rewriting America
Index looks at America the beautiful, the most powerful country in the world through the words of the people who know it best

Double crossings: Migration now
In this issue, Index tries to distinguish between the rhetoric and the reality on migration and start a debate shorn of the vicious language of tabloid headlines.

Inside the axis of evil
Index takes a look inside George W’s “Axis of Evil” and at the people who will, inevitably, become the “collateral damage” in the event of war.