The Angolan rapper has been beaten, censored and imprisoned for his art and his activism, but goes on undetered
#IndexAwards2017: Luaty Beirão singing against the Angolan regime
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#IndexAwards 2017: Chinese cartoonist Rebel Pepper refuses to put down his pen
Despite persecution for his work, Rebel Pepper continues to satirise the Chinese state from a life in exile
#IndexAwards2017: Fahmi Reza’s art is a weapon against corruption
The Malaysian artist’s depiction of the country’s prime minister as an evil clown saw him face possible jail time.
Zaina Erhaim: “No one is left in Aleppo”
The Index-award winning journalist Zaina Erhaim was due to travel to the USA this month along with three other Syrian women to screen their documentary series, Syria’s Rebellious Women
Борцы с цензурой по всему миру вошли в шорт-лист «Премии свободы слова»
16 смелых людей и организаций, которые борются за свободу слова по всему миру
Russian supreme court orders release of Index Award nominee Ildar Dadin
The long-term opposition and LGBT rights activist had been jailed under Russia’s repressive Public Assembly Law.
数位来自世界各地的言论自由活动家已被列入审查指数 (Index on Censorship) 之言论自由奖的最终候选名单
此奖项之最终候选者包括被津巴布韦当局拘扣的#ThisFlag活动家，一位来自伊朗在澳洲被拘留的寻求庇护者，一位中国大陆的漫画家以及一位来自俄罗斯的人权活动家。Index on Censorship 为了奖赏在世界各地与种种审查制度搏斗多年的记者以及艺术家而拟定了这个候选名单。特别值得一提的是，被大众提名的言论自由活动家一共有四百位之多。这十六位候选者为了争取言论自由经常遭受当地政府的迫害, 有的甚至面临生命危险。
GreatFire: Chinese authorities don’t understand how the internet works
Digital activism group GreatFire talk about developments in China’s approach to internet censorship.
Campaign seeks entry to Australia for Index Award nominee
Australia’s Media Entertainment Arts Alliance launched a campaign to open Australia’s borders to the Index Award-shortlisted Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani, who is currently interned in Papua New Guinea.
Global heroes battling censorship announced in Index Freedom of Expression Awards shortlist
Sixteen courageous individuals and organisations who fight for freedom of expression in every part of the world
Murad Subay: Yemen’s war makes a month feel like a year
The Index award winner talks about the war in Yemen, president Trump’s travel ban his involvement in a prize for aspiring artists from around the world
CNN announced as media partner for Freedom of Expression Awards 2017
Index on Censorship is delighted to announce CNN as its media partner for the 2017 Freedom of Expression Awards.
The Freedom of Expression Awards and Fellowship is a key Index on Censorship programme designed to highlight and amplify the work of some of the world’s most courageous defenders of freedom of expression. Previous winners include Journalist Fergal Keane, novelist Ma Jian, lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, activist Malala Yousafzai, cartoonist Ali Ferzat, journalists Anna Politkovskaya and Fergal Keane, and Bahrain Center for Human Rights. Learn more.
