JOTA RAMOS Arts Award | Nominee | Freedom of Expression Awards John Javier Ramos (Jota Ramos) is a rapper, farmer and human rights defender from Villa Rica, Colombia. He is the founder of Afro-Colombian hip-hop group, Haga Que Pase and a foundation supporting the...
STANIS BUJAKERA Journalism Award | Nominee | Freedom of Expression Awards Stanis is deputy director of the Congolese online news outlet Actualite.cd, a reporter for Jeune Afrique and Reuters. Police officers arrested Stanis on 8 September 2023 at Kinshasa’s Ndjili...
KUCHU TIMES Campaigning Award | Nominee | Freedom of Expression Awards Kuchu Times is a media platform created for and by LGBTQ Ugandans. Kuchu is the slang adopted by the Ugandan LGBTQ community to secretly identify themselves and easily talk about issues affecting...
ATENA FARGHADANI Arts Award | Nominee | Freedom of Expression Awards Atena is a visual artist using paintings, cartoons, caricatures and conceptual arts to criticize and challenge the policies of the Iranian government. As a result, her work is considered a crime....
