Love Matters is an international multimedia platform that encourages young people to discuss love, sex and relationships
#IndexAwards2016: Love Matters opens up conversations about sexual health
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CATEGORY: Awards
#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: Gökhan Biçici launched citizen news agency Dokuz8Haber after Gezi Park protests
Gökhan Biçici is a Turkish reporter and was one of the most active reporters of the 2013 anti-government Gezi Park protests in Istanbul
#IndexAwards2016: Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo campaigns against political corruption
Born in 1987, the same year Mugabe became president, Moyo was political from a young age
#IndexAwards2016: Pu Zhiqiang is unwavering in support of free speech
One of China’s leading human rights lawyers and free speech campaigners, Pu Zhiqiang is known particularly for his way with words
#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
#IndexAwards2016: Vanessa Berhe is fighting for freedom of expression in Eritrea
Campaigning for a free Eritrea since the age of 16, Vanessa Berhe can even count the Pope as a supporter
#IndexAwards2016: Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace has not let prison silence him
Blogger and human rights activist Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace has been in prison in Bahrain since 2010
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...
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.
