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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Awards 2014
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Index launches Freedom of Expression awards 2015
Nominations are open for the annual Index awards, which since 2001 have honoured some of the world’s most remarkable free expression heroes
Azadliq editor not hopeful for future of Azerbaijan’s last independent daily
Index Award winning Azadliq newspaper was forced into cancelling its print run last week with little hope of restoring its publication.
Index Awards 2014: Catching up with arts nominee David Cecil
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
Index Awards 2014: Catching up with arts nominee Meltem Arikan
The Turkish playwright and author has finished the script of a new play, “Sheep Republic”, about oppression and how easily it is accepted
Index Awards 2014: Catching up with arts nominee Lucien Bourjeily
The playwright tells Index that many Lebanese people don’t know that censorship exists in their country
Shubhranshu Choudhary: Using arts to help rural India speak out
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
Index Freedom of Expression Awards 2014 winners
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.
The Index Arts Award winner Mayam Mahmoud
Mayam Mahmoud has been named the Index Arts Award winner.
The Google Digital Activism Award winner Shubhranshu Choudhary
Shubhranshu Choudhary of CGNet Swara has been named the Google Digital Activism Award winner.
The Guardian Journalism Award winner Azadliq
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.