Artists are preparing go it alone at the Young Vic next month when the cast of a controversial play are reunited. Read the full article
Cast of a controversial play are reunited at the Young Vic (London News)
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Axed play to be relaunched at Young Vic (The Stage)
A play cancelled by the National Youth Theatre because of its apparent “extremist agenda” is to be given a new lease of life by its writer and director. Read the full article
Pastor Mawarire nominated for global award (Bulawayo)
TRAILBLAZING social activist and cleric, Evan Mawarire has been nominated for the prestigious 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards. Read the full article
Mawarire nominated for global award (Zimbabwe Daily)
TRAILBLAZING social activist and cleric, Evan Mawarire has been nominated for the prestigious 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards. Read the full article
Five things you didn’t know about FREED pastor Evan Mawarire (News 24)
That picture of Zimbabwe protest pastor Evan Mawarire reading his Bible as he was driven off in a police truck last week? Fellow activist Patson Dzamara said it left him "heartbroken" - and it will have touched a chord in more than a few...
Fahmi Reza finalist for freedom of expression award (Malay Mail)
Graphic artist Fahmi Reza has been shortlisted for a freedom of expression award by a UK-based non-profit. Read the full article
These are the people protecting freedom of expression across the world (The London Economic)
Artists, writers, journalists and campaigners are among the candidates shortlisted for the 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards. Read the full article
Arrested #ThisFlag Zimbabwean pastor Evan Mawarire listed for 2017 Index on Censorship award (I News)
A Zimbabwean pastor arrested after leading an anti-Robert Mugabe campaign which went viral has been shortlisted for the 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards. Read the full article
A Syrian journalist’s ordeal after Trump’s travel ban (Mashable)
When Donald Trump approved the executive order on the travel ban for seven majority-Muslims countries, Zaina Erhaim couldn't believe her ears. Read the full article
We must not turn our backs on journalists who lack our freedom (The Guardian)
I’m always wary of referring to the west as “the free world”, and of proclaiming that we are therefore blessed with “press freedom” because, in both cases, that freedom is relative and often under pressure. Read the the full article
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