A talk with our Freedom of Expression award-winners behind the Museum of Dissidence about the power of art in Cuba
Artist’s Talk: Museum of Dissidence – Cuba
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CATEGORY: Fellowship
UK overturns decision to refuse visas to award-winning Cuban artists
The UK has overturned a decision to refuse visas to two award-winning Cuban artists who had been invited to take up a two-week artistic residency in Britain.
Egypt: “People are being hunted because of what they say on social media”
Ahmad Abdallah from the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms and winner of a 2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award, talks about increased violations against free speech in the country
Award-winning Cuban artists denied UK visas
The UK has refused visas for a second time to two award-winning Cuban artists who had been invited to take up a two-week artistic residency.
Wendy Funes defies pressures to silence Honduran journalists
“There have been deaths in the country, there are members of the military involved in extrajudicial executions, there is a culture of murdering people.”
Habari RDC working to see young people’s issues taken into account
“We will train our bloggers so that they will be better equipped to confront these issues, but also to enter into a dialogue with the decision-makers”
Museum of Dissidence: “We want to rebuild Cuba but change will not be easy”
The Museum of Dissidence, which won the Index Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship for Arts, is supporting a new generation of artists in Cuba to challenge the status quo
Cuban artists arrested ahead of anti-censorship concert
Authorities arrested artists Yanelyz Nuñez and Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, MEMBERS OF THE from Otero Alcantara’s home sometime before 6:30am on Saturday 11 August
Independent artists empower Cubans to speak out against censorship
To an outsider, the most startling part of artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s arrest on 21 July for attempting to protest on the Capitol steps in Havana was the passivity, bordering on fearful ignorance, of his fellow Cubans at the scene.
Cuban artists arrested for protesting against law restricting public display of art
Their plan was clear: cover yourself with excrement, hold a sign demanding “Free art. No to decree 349” and be visible
Honduras: False story seeks to discredit digital newspaper Reporteros de Investigacion
Two days after the publication of an investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour by a member of a Honduran military unit involving young female students, digital newspaper Reportero de Investigacion was targeted with a misleading story that purported to be from the outlet.
Cuba’s first alternative art biennial: “We built an inclusive space of free creation and true collaboration”
Despite every effort to stop it in its tracks, Cuba saw the successful completion of its first independent art biennial, organised without the support of the state
