Named the International Whistleblower of the year at the inaugural Index Freedom of Expression Awards in 2001, Grigory Pasko is still working to keep investigative journalism alive in Russia.
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Nominations are open for the annual Index awards, which since 2001 have honoured some of the world’s most remarkable free expression heroes
Index Award winning Azadliq newspaper was forced into cancelling its print run last week with little hope of restoring its publication.
Having recently opened the first of several new film schools in eastern Africa, playwright and art awards nominee David Cecil spoke to Index about his transition from theatre production to African film production
The Turkish playwright and author has finished the script of a new play, “Sheep Republic”, about oppression and how easily it is accepted
The playwright tells Index that many Lebanese people don’t know that censorship exists in their country
The Index Award winner has launched a new project using song, dance and drama to teach rural Indians how to report on issues using their mobile phone
This year’s Freedom of Expression Awards 2014 were awarded to a diverse group of remarkable individuals and organisation from the young female Egyptian Rapper to a Pakistani internet campaigner, from an Indian digital pioneer to an Azerbaijani newspaper.
Mayam Mahmoud has been named the Index Arts Award winner.
Shubhranshu Choudhary of CGNet Swara has been named the Google Digital Activism Award winner.
Azadliq has been named The Guardian Journalism Award winner.
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.
