Join Index on Censorship CEO Jodie Ginsberg at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas to explore the intersection of art and terrorism.
24 Oct: Can writers and artists ever be terrorists?
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CATEGORY: Events
5 Oct: Does free expression have its limits? (partner event)
Does free expression have its limits? is one of this year’s Battle of Ideas satellite events, produced in collaboration with east London arts charity, Bow Arts.
25 Sep: Writing the World: Voices of the Censored at Write On Kew
Leading actors including Janet Suzman will read from three such authors recently published in Index on Censorship magazine: Ma Jian (China), Meltem Arikan (Turkey) and Costa Book Award-winner Christie Watson.
27 Aug: Protest to support jailed Bahraini blogger and academic
Join us to mark the 160th day of Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace’s hunger strike
27 Aug: The Revolution Will Be Televised & Zambezi News
The Bafta-winning duo Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein, of BBC Three’s comedy series The Revolution Will Be Televised are joining their award-winning Zimbabwean counterparts Zambezi News for a very special one-off show at The Comedy Café Theatre, London.
5 Sept: Listen to the Banned (partner event)
Join us in Lincoln for Festival 800, a celebration of the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta – a unique and powerful statement that began the world’s march to freedom and liberty.
27 Aug: The Revolution Will Be Televised & Zambezi News
The Bafta-winning duo Heydon Prowse and Joylon Rubinstein, of BBC Three’s comedy series The Revolution Will Be Televised are joining their award-winning Zimbabwean counterparts Zambezi News for a very special one-off show at The Comedy CafĂ© Theatre, London
#StandUpForSatire: Top UK comedians come together in support of Index
Host Al Murray was joined by a stellar line-up of stand-up comics before a sell-out crowd of 900
9 Aug: Drawing Fire at Wilderness Festival
Leading cartoonists step into the ring with heavyweight commentators for a quick-thinking, rapid-fire, free speech fight club: should anything should be off limits for the satirist?
To 1 Aug: Road Block – Reflections on Bahrain (Partner Event)
An art installation and photography exhibition from artists working on the ground in Bahrain, part of Shubbak Festival 2015.
#UnsilencingPakistan: A tribute to Sabeen Mahmud
“Tonight, please don’t forget to laugh and dream out loud, that would be the best tribute you could pay to Sabeen”, said Mahenaz Mahmud via video at Unsilencing Pakistan, a Thursday 23 July event co-hosted by Index on Censorship at London’s Conway Hall.
23 July: Unsilencing Pakistan — a tribute to Sabeen Mahmud
Join in commemorating and celebrating an extraordinary woman who lost her life working fearlessly for free expression, human rights and social change
