Category: <span>Awards</span>

#IndexAwards2016: Murad Subay sheds light on human cost of Yemen’s war

In 2011, artist Murad Subay took to the streets of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a to protest the country’s dysfunctional economy and institutionalised corruption

#IndexAwards2016: Indonesian Sakdiyah Ma’ruf carves a name for herself in comedy

by Georgia Hussey | 17 Mar 16

From a conservative Muslim community where expectations stretched only to marriage and children, Sakdiyah Ma’ruf has carved a name for herself in comedy

#IndexAwards2016: Good Chance Theatre gives refugees a place to be heard

by Georgia Hussey | 16 Mar 16

Surrounded by a jungle of tents and mud, the Good Chance Theatre was set up last year by British playwrights Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson

Bassel Khartabil: Four years since arrest of Palestinian-Syrian online freedom activist

by Ryan McChrystal | 15 Mar 16

Four years have passed since Palestinian-Syrian software developer Bassel Khartabil (aka Bassel Safadi) was arrested in Damascus

#IndexAwards2016: Tania Bruguera’s #YoTambienExijo ignites a worldwide movement

by Georgia Hussey | 15 Mar 16

The beginnings of the #YoTambienExijo movement were born on 17 December 2014, when President Obama announcement a landmark warming of the 53-year chill between the United States and Cuba

#IndexAwards2016: Belarus Free Theatre battles censorship and oppression by the Belarusian regime

by Georgia Hussey | 14 Mar 16

For over a decade the Belarus Free Theatre have performed underground in Minsk, with audiences subject to raids and arrests

#IndexAwards2016: Marking International Women’s Day

by Index on Censorship | 08 Mar 16

From a journalist who trains women to tell the story of Syria’s civil war and a comedian who uses her routines to campaign for women’s rights in Indonesia

Music in Exile: Smockey playlist

by Ryan McChrystal | 07 Mar 16

Serge Bambara, aka Smockey, is a hip-hop artist, producer and activist within Le Balai Citoyen, or the Citizen’s Broom, a grassroots political movement

Smockey: “Not everyone is lucky enough to have a microphone in front of them”

by Ryan McChrystal | 03 Mar 16

Searching for “dissident artists” online, you’d be forgiven for thinking they are a purely Chinese or Russian phenomenon. But for every Ai Weiwei

Index Awards Fellowship: The day after winning, it’s right back to surviving

by Ryan McChrystal | 09 Feb 16

Almost a year on from the 2015 Index awards, we catch up with last year’s winners to draw some inspiration for the free speech battles ahead

Index unveils 2016 Freedom of Expression Awards shortlist

by Index on Censorship | 09 Feb 16

An Aleppo-based journalist training women to report on the crisis in war-torn Syria, an Indonesian comic who jokes about Islamic extremism and a 19-year old campaigner against repression in Eritrea are among those shortlisted for the 2016 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards