Winner of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Arts Award, Zehra Doğan is a Kurdish painter and journalist who, during her imprisonment, was denied access to materials for her work.
Winner of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Digital Activism Award, Fundación Karisma is a civil society organisation fighting for digital rights in Colombia.
Winner of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award, Mimi Mefo is one of less than a handful of journalists working without fear or favour in Cameroon’s climate of repression and self-censorship.
Winner of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award, Cartoonists Rights Network International monitors threats and abuses against editorial cartoonists worldwide.
Each year, the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards gala honours courageous champions who fight for free speech around the world.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="105774" img_size="full"][vc_column_text] In 1989, student-led demonstrations took place in Beijing, China - commonly referred to as the Tiananmen Square protests. Set against the backdrop of socio-economic...
Fighting between security forces and armed groups in Kurdish-majority cities began in Turkey in 2015, and I, as a Kurdish journalist, felt the need to visit those cities. The media in Turkey, which is almost completely under government control, was...
This week Index profiles the #IndexAwards2019 journalism category shortlist.
The spring 2019 Index on Censorship magazine looks at what happens when local newspapers disappear and decline. Who is there to hold politicians and lawmakers to account locally? In this issue successful journalists and writers Richard Littlejohn, Libby Purves, Andrew Morton and Julie Posetti describe how they began their careers in local news in the UK and Australia. The decline of local newspapers is a global phenomenon. Karoline Kan reports from China about how they are being squeezed out by Communist Party scrutiny; and Rituparna Chatterjee reports on the difficulties of satisfying the Indian appetite for local news. Jan Fox examines the USA’s news deserts. Mark Frary digs into the latest artificial intelligence being used by local newspaper editors. In the rest of the magazine Alessio Perrone looks at how Italy is stopping journalists reporting on refugees crossing the Mediterranean. We publish an original short story by historian and China expert Jeffrey Wasserstrom, plus an extract from the Slovak writer Michal Hvorecký’s latest novel Troll. Editorial
A battle is brewing in Westminster. But for once, it’s not about Brexit.The U.K. government is soon expected to publish its flagship internet regulation aimed at taming the perceived excesses of Big Tech, including forcing social media companies to...
Index on Censorship and Vintage are calling on independent bookshops to coordinate creative publication events for Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, the much-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale in September with a chance to win £750 to fund the best ideas.
This week Index profiles the #IndexAwards2019 Digital Activism category shortlist.