Arcoiris works at all levels of Honduran society to advance LGBT rights and provide support to many victims of violence

Arcoiris works at all levels of Honduran society to advance LGBT rights and provide support to many victims of violence
For his one-man protests, Ildar Dadin was sent to prison where he was tortured, before his conviction was quashed in February 2017
For exposing the realities of life in the Occupied Territories, Breaking the Silence has faced a barrage of attacks from the government
Hungary’s very own merry pranksters have gone from street performers to a principled voice against intolerance
The Angolan rapper has been beaten, censored and imprisoned for his art and his activism, but goes on undetered
Despite persecution for his work, Rebel Pepper continues to satirise the Chinese state from a life in exile
The Malaysian artist’s depiction of the country’s prime minister as an evil clown saw him face possible jail time.
The Index-award winning journalist Zaina Erhaim was due to travel to the USA this month along with three other Syrian women to screen their documentary series, Syria’s Rebellious Women
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The long-term opposition and LGBT rights activist had been jailed under Russia’s repressive Public Assembly Law.
The Freedom of Expression Awards and Fellowship is a key Index on Censorship programme designed to highlight and amplify the work of some of the world’s most courageous defenders of freedom of expression. Previous winners include Journalist Fergal Keane, novelist Ma Jian, lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, activist Malala Yousafzai, cartoonist Ali Ferzat, journalists Anna Politkovskaya and Fergal Keane, and Bahrain Center for Human Rights. Learn more.