While journalists and citizens fled, Syrian-native Zaina Erhaim returned to her war-ravaged country and the city of Aleppo in 2013 to ensure those...
Zaina Erhaim: “I want to give this award to the Syrians who are being terrorised”
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CATEGORY: Fellowship
Bolo Bhi: “What’s important is the process, and that we keep at it”
Bolo Bhi are a digital campaigning group who have orchestrated an impressive ongoing fight against attempts to censor the internet in Pakistan. The...
GreatFire: “Technology has been used to censor online speech — and to circumvent this censorship”
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales read anonymous collective GreatFire's acceptance speech. We are honoured to have been chosen as the winner of Index’s...
Murad Subay: “I dedicate this award today to the unknown people who struggle to survive”
I am honoured to be here with all of you today and for that, I would like to thank Index on Censorship for giving me this award, for believing in me and for acknowledging our work back home.
#IndexAwards2016: Zaina Erhaim trains Syrian women to report on the war
A Syrian-native who was studying journalism in London when war broke out in Syria in 2013, Zaina Erhaim decided to return permanently to report and train citizen journalists in the war-ravaged country
#IndexAwards2016: GreatFire campaigns for transparency of China’s censorship
GreatFire was set up in 2011 by three anonymous individuals to counter the “Great Firewall of China”, the systematic blocking by the Chinese government of any website deemed controversial
#IndexAwards2016: Bolo Bhi campaigns against attempts to censor the internet in Pakistan
Bolo Bhi, which means “speak up” in Urdu, is a non-profit run by a powerful all-female team, fighting for internet access, digital security and privacy in Pakistan and around the world
Campaigning 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 2016 Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award-winner Bolo Bhi are a digital campaigning group who have...
Digital Activism 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Set up by anonymous individuals, GreatFire is at the forefront of the fight against China’s severe web...
Journalism 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While journalists and citizens fled, Syrian-native Zaina Erhaim returned to her war-ravaged country and the city...
Music in Exile 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The inaugural Music in Exile fellow is Burkinabe rapper and producer Serge Martin Bambara aka Smockey. An icon of...
#IndexAwards2016: Murad Subay sheds light on human cost of Yemen’s war
In 2011, artist Murad Subay took to the streets of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a to protest the country’s dysfunctional economy and institutionalised corruption
