Category : palestine
#IndexAwards20: Online ceremony reveals Freedom of Expression Awards winners
The winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards 2020 include a Turkish lawyer, Bahraini activist and Russian artist, plus two organisations fighting for freedoms in Palestine and Poland Artist in Exile: Khaled Harara’s music reflects Palestinian political reality
“Music gives me a voice and the power to survive physically and mentally,” rapper Khaled Harara tells Index on Censorship. Israeli government must halt its extreme aggression toward protesters
The killings of unarmed Palestinian protesters by Israel Defense Forces marks a grave and horrendous assault on the right to protest. #IndexAwards2018: Banned novelist Abbad Yahya sheds light on the taboo
Abbad Yahya is a Palestinian writer whose fourth novel Crime in Ramallah has been banned for depictions of gay sex, as well as political commentary about fanaticism and religious extremism. Six times Facebook ignored their own community standards when removing content
Facebook has received much criticism recently around the removal of content and its lack of transparency as to the reasons why #IndexAwards2017: Breaking the Silence brings Hebron to Tel Aviv
For exposing the realities of life in the Occupied Territories, Breaking the Silence has faced a barrage of attacks from the government Joint statement on death sentence of Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh
Index on Censorship condemns the decision by Saudi authorities to sentence Ashraf Fayadh to death on charges of apostasy Recap report: Is it ever better to censor than to cause offence?
Index on Censorship and the Bush Theatre organised a debate as a part of the RADAR Festival, to explore the rights of the artist to free expression and to examine the role of arts institutions in defending and promoting free expression Meltem Arikan: Creating life with the tools of death
Creating life with the tools of death, in the middle of a war, in a place where everyday children, women and men of all ages are being killed mercilessly. Palestinian Arab Idol banned from performing at the World Cup
Mohammed Assaf says he can't sing at the Brazil 2014 opening ceremony because of some "countries" or "groups" -- and that Shakira is boycotting the event because of it 
