Shini Wang is a poet, journalist, and BA student of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of her university’s Liberal Arts Council, the editor of The Liberator Magazine, and a host of open discussions on campus. Interested in how freedom of expression plays into the creative and imaginative process of international writers and artists who witness injustice, her research investigates censorship and its effects during our post-truth political era.
Nikhil is a law student based in Kolkata, India. He has a keen interest in advocating the right to free speech and often spends his free time in promoting the same. In the past, he has interned with senior advocates in the Supreme Court of India and has worked on cases involving violation of the right to free speech, civil liberty, and human rights. After graduating from college, he intends to work in the legal industry and fight for people’s rights.
Arpitha is a lawyer based in New Delhi, India. As an avid student of constitutional law, she is passionate about civil liberties with a keen interest in censorship, surveillance, and digital rights. Keeping in mind the ever-evolving nature of technology and the needs of the Government, industry, and common man, Arpitha believes that law and policy must strike a holistic balance between conflicting rights.
Elyse Popplewell is the Social Media Editor at The Australian, the most widely circulated national newspaper in Australia. After attaining a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) at the University of Technology, Sydney, she began her career at the Institute for Economics & Peace, the think tank that publishes the Global Peace Index annually. Elyse focuses on the issue of Australian defamation laws gagging important journalism and movements like #MeToo.
What is the youth advisory board?
The youth board is a specially selected group of young people aged 16-25 who advise and inform Index on Censorship’s work, support our ambition to fight for free expression around the world and ensure our engagement with issues with tomorrow’s leaders. The current members are sitting from July to December 2019.
Why does Index have a youth board?
Index on Censorship is committed to fighting censorship not only now, but also in future generations, and we want to ensure that the realities and challenges experienced by young people in today’s world are properly reflected in our work.
Index is also aware that there are many who would like to commit some or all of their professional lives to fight for human rights and the youth board is our way of supporting the broadest range of young people to develop their voice, find paths to freely expressing it and potential future employment in the human rights, media, and arts sectors.
When are we next recruiting?
The next term will take place between January to June 2020. Applications are expected to open around autumn 2019.
An English literature graduate from the University of Bristol, Kate has spent a year travelling to majority world countries, including a 3 month stay with Raleigh International and a volunteering stint in the Calais Refugee Community. She is studying journalism at News Associates in London, and has had her work published in both environmental magazines and local papers.Her passions lie in establishing a stronger voice for developing countries and moving the environmental conversation forward.
Charles is a french dual degree student in Political Science and International Relations at Sciences Po (Lille) and the University of Kent. His field of work covers media and journalism. After directing his first TV documentary about Dharavi in India at 16 years old, he continued to report in different types of newsrooms in France and the UK. Charles also specialises in the issue of whistleblowers and has worked on the Luxleaks and Football Leaks cases. He collaborated with the Signals Network Foundation for advocacy and research on the leaks. Charles is also the founder and director of the International Consortium of Student Journalism (ICSJ).
Emma is a Master’s graduate from the Institute of Development Studies, where she focused on popular movements and inequality. She also holds a BA (Hons) in politics and international relations from the University of Nottingham. She has actively campaigned for various gender issues and was elected Women’s Officer for the Student’s Union in Nottingham. Her research largely focuses on the Western Balkans, where she is contributing to freedom of expression and wider development in local government. She has also worked in various (international) human rights organisations.
Krzysztof is a student of Czacki Highschool in Warsaw. He is a young activist and journalist cooperating with “Krytyka Polityczna” where he focuses on youth’s community-minded engagement and education. Passionate about science, literature, and philosophy, he wants to popularize the idea of free speech and dialogue between different environments. In the future, Krzysztof wants to fight for open society and tolerance which is endangered in recent years – especially in Poland, where he comes from.
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