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....
DIALA AYESH Campaigning Award | Nominee | Freedom of Expression Awards Diala Ayesh is a Palestinian human rights defender and lawyer, who has advocated for the freedom and fair treatment of political prisoners. She has faced arrest, threats, and harassment from both...
ARTS AWARD SHORTLIST The Arts category of Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Awards honours artists and arts producers whose work challenges repression and injustice and celebrates artistic free expression. This year’s nominees are Atena Farghadani (Iran),...
