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Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Digital activism nominee Tails
Tails is an open-source encryption tool that can help protect free online communication in any country, regardless of official limits on free expression.

Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Arts nominee Mayam Mahmoud
Rapper Mayam Mahmoud uses hip-hop to address issues such as sexual harassment and to stand up for women’s rights in Egypt.

Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Arts nominee Lucien Bourjeily
Lucien Bourjeily openly confronted the Lebanese censorship bureau by writing a play Would It Pass Or Not? about censorship in Lebanon.

Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Arts nominee Meltem Arikan
International Freedom of Expression 2014 Arts Award Nominee and renowned Turkish playwright and novelist Meltem Arikan answered questions about her nomination during a Twitter chat with Index on Censorship

Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Arts nominee David Cecil
David Cecil was jailed in Uganda after he produced a play perceived to be ‘pro gay’ by the country’s authorities. His trial brought global media attention to the homophobic laws of the African nation

#IndexAwards2014: Twitter Chat with Arts Nominee Meltem Arikan
International Freedom of Expression 2014 Arts Award Nominee and renowned Turkish playwright and novelist Meltem Arikan will answer your questions via @MeltemArikan on Wednesday 12th March from 14:00 - 14:30 GMT - follow the whole conversation at...
Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Journalism nominee Abdulelah Haider Shaye
Yemeni journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye has produced critical investigative reports on the US military’s activities in Yemen, including drone attacks.

Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Journalism nominee Dina Meza
Dina Meza is an investigative journalist working for the Committee of Relatives of the Detainees and Disappeared in Honduras, an incredibly difficult environment for press freedom.

Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Journalism nominee Callum Macrae/Channel 4 News
Callum Macrae, in collaboration with Channel 4 News, has made three films uncovering the truth about Sri Lanka’s human rights abuses in the final months of its decades-long civil war in 2009.
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.