The Institute for Media and Society is a Nigerian NGO that is going to great lengths to improve the country’s media landscape.
#IndexAwards2019: Institute for Media and Society fosters community radio stations
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Seizure of journalists’ equipment by police raises concerns for Spanish press freedom
Journalists see the seizure of smartphones by judicial and police as a violation of Spain’s Constitution.
#IndexAwards2019: Cartoonists Rights Network International defends cartoonists worldwide
Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) is a small organisation with a big impact: monitoring threats and abuses against editorial cartoonists worldwide.
#IndexAwards2019: Artist Zehra Doğan refused to be silenced
Released from prison on 24 February 2019, Zehra Doğan is a Kurdish painter and journalist who, during her imprisonment, was denied access to materials for her work.
This week at Index: Four amazing artists and arts organisations
This week Index profiles the #IndexAwards2019 Arts category shortlist.
#IndexAwards2019: Ms Saffaa’s murals confront Saudi oppression
Ms Saffaa is a self-exiled Saudi street artist living in Australia who uses murals to highlight women’s rights and human rights violations in Saudi Arabia.
#IndexAwards2019: ElMadina for Performing and Digital Arts challenges Egypt’s restrictive laws
ElMadina for Performing and Digital Arts is a group of artists and arts managers who combine art and protest by encouraging Egyptians to get involved in performances in public spaces, defying the country’s restrictive laws.
#IndexAwards2019: ArtLords motivates grassroots to address Afghanistan’s issues
ArtLords is a grassroots movement of artists and volunteers in Afghanistan who encourage ordinary citizens, especially women and children, to paint the issues that concern them on so-called blast walls: walls the country’s rich and the powerful have built around themselves to protect them from violence while the poor fend for themselves.
Habari RDC: Congo’s internet shutdown disrupted news outlets under the guise of tackling fake news
The shutdown lasted for 20 days — from 31 December 2018 until 19 January 2019 — and had major implications for the country, except for select businesses
Kurdish artist Zehra Doğan released from Turkish prison
Index on Censorship welcomes the release of 2019 Freedom of Expression Arts Award nominee