2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award-winning Wendy Funes is an investigative journalist from Honduras who regularly risks her life for her right to report.
Journalism 2018
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Campaigning 2018
2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award-winner Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms is one of the few human rights organisations still operating in Egypt.
Students at Glasgow School of Art fight programme-sanctioned censorship
New rules urge students to exercise caution when it comes to “offensive” or “inappropriate” material and warn against “bringing the institution into disrepute”
Chinese censorship circumventors GreatFire launch funding campaign
Digital activism group GreatFire launch crowdfunding campaign to fight China’s approach to internet censorship.
Smockey: Burkinabe rapper and activist on European tour despite years of censorship
On 3 March in Belfort, France, Burkinabe rapper and activist Smockey began a two-month long European tour, despite having his studio destroyed twice in recent years
New “intimidation” laws could prevent legal protests and limit speech
Index on Censorship statement on UK Prime Minister’s proposals for possible new laws to stop “intimidation” against politicians
Turkey’s politically motivated trials: Targeting Academics for Peace
Since January 2016 the Academics for Peace case has become one of the symbols of the crackdown on democracy in Turkey.
USA: Climate for press freedom worsens in Missouri and surrounding states
Journalists tell international delegation of hostility, restricted access
The Believers Are But Brothers bucks the trend
Julia Farrington explores the development of The Believers Are But Brothers, a play exploring the radicalisation of young men and the legal limits of freedom of expression.
Free expression and anti-corruption groups call for justice for murdered Maltese journalist
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Around seven free expression and anti-corruption groups, and other supporters gathered in London today to remember investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia three months after her tragic murder in Malta,...
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship