The awards honour champions of free expression and those battling censorship around the world in the field of arts, campaigning, digital activism and journalism.
CATEGORY: Awards Update
This Week at Index: Judges announced for 2020 Freedom of Expression Awards
Index on Censorship is proud to announce three new judges for its 2020 Freedom of Expression Awards. These are New York-based artist Molly Crabapple, award-winning Guardian journalist Amelia Gentleman and Cindy Gallop, founder of social sex video platform MakeLoveNotPorn.
Zehra Dogan: I became more widely known after winning the Index Freedom of Expression Award
We caught up with Dogan to find out what she has been working on since winning the Index on Censorship award.
Mimi Mefo: The voiceless in my country need me and I have to keep writing
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Winner of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award, the Berlin-based Cameroonian...
FundaciĂłn Karisma: The tension around free speech and social media is one of the big issues of our time
We caught up with Carolina Botero Cabrera, executive director of FundaciĂłn Karisma, to find out what the organisation has been working on since winning the Index award in April
Cartoonists Rights Network International continues to monitor the loss of cartoonists from media outlets around the world
Since winning the 2019 Index Award for Campaigning, CRNI has been monitoring the situation with Badiucao, a Chinese dissident cartoonist living in exile in Australia
Podcast: Freedom of Expression Awards 2019 Winners’ Roundtable
A special edition of the Index on Censorship podcast celebrating the winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards 2019.
Wendy Funes: Despite the pain that violence has left in Honduras it is wonderful to see a world with so much solidarity
“Despite my fears and the pain that violence has left in my country, it has been wonderful to see that it has been worthwhile to dream in a world with so much solidarity”
Kurdish artist Zehra DoÄźan released from Turkish prison
Index on Censorship welcomes the release of 2019 Freedom of Expression Arts Award nominee
Fellowship Update: An important element of Index’s work
The Index Awards Fellowship has become an important element of Index on Censorship’s work
Museum of Dissidence: We must sacrifice ourselves if we want to achieve freedom in Cuba
Artistic freedom is under attack in Cuba, but artists are fighting back.
ECRF: As long as there are people defending human rights in Egypt, there is hope
The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, winner of the 2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award for Campaigning, is one of the few remaining human rights organisations in Egypt