The awards have honoured some of the world’s most remarkable free expression heroes
Judges for 2015 Index Freedom of Expression Awards named
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Daniel Bergner: 2005 award winner constantly reminded of threats to free expression
Daniel Bergner is an author and journalist who writes for New York Times Magazine; in 2005 he won an Index award for his book Soldiers of Light, which told the stories from inside war-torn Sierra Leone.
Şanar Yurdatapan: “The censorship and oppression on culture and arts is still going on”
Winner of the 2002 Index award for Circumvention of Censorship, Şanar Yurdatapan talks to Index about artistic censorship
Malala Yousafzai accepts 2014 Nobel Peace Prize
Pakistani education campaigner Malala Yousafzai will accept the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize today in Oslo
Whistleblower Grigory Pasko: “Russian public will feel a need for the truth”
Named the International Whistleblower of the year at the inaugural Index Freedom of Expression Awards in 2001, Grigory Pasko is still working to keep investigative journalism alive in Russia.
Awards 2014
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Index launches Freedom of Expression awards 2015
Nominations are open for the annual Index awards, which since 2001 have honoured some of the world’s most remarkable free expression heroes
Azadliq editor not hopeful for future of Azerbaijan’s last independent daily
Index Award winning Azadliq newspaper was forced into cancelling its print run last week with little hope of restoring its publication.
Index Awards 2014: Catching up with arts nominee David Cecil
Having recently opened the first of several new film schools in eastern Africa, playwright and art awards nominee David Cecil spoke to Index about his transition from theatre production to African film production
Index Awards 2014: Catching up with arts nominee Meltem Arikan
The Turkish playwright and author has finished the script of a new play, “Sheep Republic”, about oppression and how easily it is accepted
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.