Alessio Perrone talks to a Kurdish artist and journalist who has taken on the Turkish government from behind bars. Read the full article.
Painting with honey, fruits and blood (New Internationalist, 13 April 2019)
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Pen International and ARC join Index on Censorship in show of solidarity with Cuba’s independent artists
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Index on Censorship, Pen International and Artists at Risk Connection of Pen America stand in solidarity with independent Cuban artists as the 13th Havana Biennial, which begins in the Cuban capital on 12 April...
This week at Index: 2019 Freedom of Expression Awards roundup
“These winners deserve global recognition for their amazing work.”
Xinran, Karoline Kan and Rachael Jolley on China 30 years after Tiananmen at the Hay Festival
Join Chinese authors Xinran and Karoline Kan for a discussion at the Hay Festival moderated by Index on Censorship magazine editor Rachael Jolley to explore some of today’s most pressing issues in China past and present.
This approach to tackling online harms may threaten a free and open internet (Big Issue, 8 April 2019)
Today saw the release of the government’s Online Harms White Paper, a publication spearheaded by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Jeremy Wright, and the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid. Read the full article
iPlod: Sajid Javid’s new internet rules will have a chilling effect on free speech (Spectator, 13 April 2019)
Monday wasn’t the best day for the government to launch Online Harms, its white paper on internet regulation. As Sajid Javid was proudly proclaiming that Britain would have the toughest internet laws in the world, it emerged that a British woman...
Internet regulation proposals could censor the lawful speech of millions (The Guardian, 10 April 2019)
If enacted, the online harms white paper on internet regulation would make China’s state censors proud, say representatives from six civil liberties organisations. Read the full article
Journalism 2019
Mimi Mefo is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Journalism Fellow
Digital Activism 2019
Fundación Karisma is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Digital Activism Fellow
Campaigning 2019
Cartoonists Rights Network International is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Campaigning Fellow
Arts 2019
Artist Zehra Doğan is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Arts Fellow
Index on Censorship and Doughty Street Chambers renew calls for Egypt to drop all charges against activist Amal Fathy
As Egypt’s President el-Sisi and President Trump meet in Washington, all charges and sanctions against Amal Fathy, detained for speaking out against sexual harassment in Egypt, must be dropped.