Five courageous individuals were named Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award winners on 18 March 2015. Three months later, here are updates on their ongoing work
Every so often (roughly generationally) there are upheavals in mores and language. We’re on that cusp now.
Just look at these definitely-not-free-speech-related charges journalists and activists and human rights lawyers and pro democracy campaigners face
On the eve of the opening ceremony, foreign journalists and rights activists have been banned from reporting on the Baku Games. Index on Censorship calls on Azerbaijan to allow civil society groups and journalists from at home and abroad to report freely
Don’t be fooled by the fact that journalists in Azerbaijan have been jailed, beaten, killed, and forced into hiding and exile, and their foreign colleagues banned from entering the country: Ilham Aliyev is all about media freedom
What might have happened when the leader of the world’s largest state met the leader of the world’s smallest?
Both organisations have been highly critical of President Ilham Aliyev’s government, and its targeting, jailing and prosecution of activists and journalists
Despite the ongoing government crackdown on investigative journalists and human rights activists in Azerbaijan, foreign manpower has played a significant role in making Baku 2015 a reality
Irish billionaire Denis O’Brien got on an injunction on the reporting of a speech in parliament regarding his private banking relationships
On the day of the Baku European Games opening ceremony, join Index on Censorship, Sport for Rights, Amnesty International UK, Article 19 and Platform for a demonstration calling for an end to the human rights crackdown in Azerbaijan