The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights reports that Jaleela Al Salman, vice president of the Bahrain Teachers Association was arrested on 18 October...
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Uzbekistan: Journalists fined and detained for press censorship protest
Uzbek journalists, Malohat Eshonqulova and Saodat Omonova, have been detained and fined 2.94 million soms (around £1000) for holding an unauthorized...
Suzanne Breen in court
Journalist Suzanne Breen appears in a Belfast court today in an attempt to protect her sources. Read more here
‘Banned’ poet becomes first female laureate
Carol Ann Duffy, whose poem 'Education for Leisure' was withdrawn from schoolbooks over fears it encouraged violence, has been appointed the UK's...
art and the message
A quick round up of some shows I visited in the latter part of this year that I would like to mention. Palestine Monologues at Arcola Theatre is the...
Sticks ‘n’ stones may break my bones
On Sunday I was invited to the London Regional Meeting of UK Youth Parliament at Tower Hamlets Town Hall to give a brief presentation about freedom...
Belarus Free Theatre runner up in Freedom to Create prize
We are delighted that Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) nominated by Index for the ArtVenture Freedom to Create prize wre runners up in the main prize...
Hello from Index Arts
By way of an introduction to this entry, I am going to start a regular blog about the work of Index Arts. This has been an almost totally static...
Freedom to Create Prize
The ArtVenture Freedom to Create Prize has been launched to recognise artists who use their talents to promote creative freedom, empathy,...
Imagine Art After: update
The open call for artists & filmmakers closed on 1 July 2008. We received applications from artists & filmmakers from 30 countries, and we thank all...
Imagine art after: OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS & FILMMAKERS
The open call for artists & filmmakers closed on 1 July 2008. We received applications from artists & filmmakers from 30 countries, and we thank all...
Welcome to Index Arts
Index Arts is a specialist arm of Index on Censorship, working in all art forms to promote and support freedom of artistic and cultural expression for disempowered, under- and mis-represented or silenced communities and individuals, both in this country and around the world.
Vision
The artistic, creative and cultural expression of all people is valued as essential to achieving a balanced, vibrant and responsive society;the arts are acknowledged as having an important role to play in bringing about change on a personal and societal level.
Index Arts aims to:
• Provide platforms for artists from marginalised, repressed and under-represented communities
• Provide access to tools of creative expression to people experiencing social exclusion, as a means to finding and presenting their voice
• Provide platforms for cultural and artistic expression by marginalised and under-represented communities
• Further the debate on freedom of expression in the arts and offer training
• Monitor, document and publish online, abuses of freedom of expression in performing, lens based and visual arts
• Work with young people to understand and exercise their right to freedom of expression through the creative arts.