Former war correspondent and 2003 Freedom of Expression Journalism Award-winner Fergal Keane has continued his commitment to truth in journalism
#IndexAwards2003: Fergal Keane, Outstanding Commitment to Journalism Integrity
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#IndexAwards2001: Grigory Pasko, Whistleblower of the Year
Grigory Pasko has been campaigning for human rights and protection of the environment.
Bolo Bhi: Still much work to be done to oppose Pakistan’s Cyber Crimes Bill
Bolo Bhi has been opposed to PECA from the beginning because of its potential human rights violations and threats to the right to privacy and freedom of expression
Silencing the Kurds: Shuttered media and cultural institutions
Turkey’s Kurdish media and cultural institutions have been closed as the peace process with the country’s Kurds has disintegrated.
Turkey: Freedom of the arts, archives and erasure
Erdogan’s crackdown on freedom of expression follows a familiar pattern.
Journalists in Mexico under threat from cartels, government and even each other
Mexico-based journalist Duncan Tucker on the threats to reporters for doing their jobs.
#IndexAwards2017: Daptar offer hope to the struggling women of Dagestan
With the weight of traditions and the growing influence of Islamic fundamentalism, Daptar covers the issues affecting women that receive little coverage by other local media
#IndexAwards2017: KRIK exposes crime and corruption in Serbia
KRIK is a new independent investigative website which is intent on exposing organised crime and extortion in Serbia
#IndexAwards2017: Journalist Behrouz Boochani fled Iran only to be imprisoned by Australia
The Iranian Kurdish journalist fled Iran in May 2013. He travelled to Australia, where he was forcibly relocated to a “refugee processing centre” in Papua New Guinea
#IndexAwards2017: Maldives Independent continues to hold government to account despite pressures
Maldives Independent, one of the country’s few remaining independent media outlets, has faced repeated harassment, from violent attacks to raids by police