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Shortlist announcement for the Freedom of Expression Awards 2010
The 10th annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards honour those who, often at great personal risk, have given voice to issues and stories from around the globe that would otherwise have...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Editor Eynulla Fatullayev loses appeal
Imprisoned newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev has lost an appeal against his drugs conviction. Baku Appellate Court dismissed Fatullayev’s plea to have his sentence reduced by two months. Fatullayev...
View ArticleBelarus strips journalists’ rights as election looms
Belarus’s Supreme Court has stripped the Belarusian Association of Journalist’s (BAJ) ability to offer protection to journalists who are not officially authorised, such as opposition newspapers,...
View ArticleStephen Fry congratulates Twitter
Twitter wins the New Media Award supported by Google at the 10th annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards FULL WINNERS LIST httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoHPYjvpo3UThe post Stephen...
View ArticlePeru: Award winning radio journalist snubbed by government
Carlos Flores Borja, winner of the Guardian Journalism award at this year’s Index on Censorship Free Expression Awards Ceremony, has been told that he will not be allowed relaunch of Amazonian...
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‘Wilders must be supported’
It does not matter if you agree with Geert Wilders’s film, Fitna, or his politics. He must not be prosecuted for expressing his views, writes Oliver Kamm This article was first published on 22 January...
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Winners – Index Awards 2013
Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, Syrian internet activist Bassel Khartabil and South African photographer Zanele Muholi were honoured at the Index on...
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Why I would go to jail for my journalistic beliefs
“Journalism today is not about recording the facts. It ought to be a battle against barbarity and obscurity”, said Greek investigative journalist and award winner Kostas Vaxevanis at this week’s Index...
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Free speech takes a beating in Greece
Christos Syllas looks at the threats to journalists and activists in crisis-stricken Greece, where a climate of terror prevails Against a backdrop of heavy austerity measures in Greece, free speech...
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Corruption, fear and silence: the state of Greek media today
This article was originally published on opendemocracy.net Kostas Vaxevanis gives his speech after winning Index on Censorship’s 2013 Journalism Award Just before I sat down to write this article, I...
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The winners – Freedom of Expression Awards 2010
The 10th annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards honour those who, often at great personal risk, have given voice to issues and stories from around the globe that would otherwise have...
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Last chance to nominate: Freedom of Expression Awards 2012
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED [25 JAN] Nominations for the 12th annual Index Freedom of Expression Awards close tomorrow. The awards, taking place on 28 March 2012, will honour those who, often at great...
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Smockey: “The people in Europe don’t know what the governments in Africa do.”
Music in Exile Fellowship Winner Serge Bambara, aka Smockey (Photo: Elina Kansikas for Index on Censorship) The annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards took place at a packed gala...
View ArticleA wife’s appeal for dignity
The fear comes in not knowing. This is something Geng He, the wife of Gao Zhisheng, a Chinese rights lawyer who disappeared on April 10 last year, well knows. Geng wrote a touching appeal in the New...
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This Week at Index: Crimes against journalists must be punished
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#IndexAwards20: Online ceremony reveals Freedom of Expression Awards winners
A Russian artist currently under house arrest for her work on gender and sexual equality and one of the first free investigative journalism and fact-checking websites in Poland are among the winners...
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A year is a long time in human rights violations
Protests in Belarus in 2020. Photo: Jana Shnipelson It’s a year since I joined the Index family. I think for all of us the last 12 months have been an emotional rollercoaster. The impact of Covid-19...
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Champions of free expression celebrated at Index on Censorship awards
The winners of Index on Censorship’s 2021 Freedom of Expression awards have been announced at a ceremony in London hosted by actor, writer and activist Tracy-Ann Oberman. The Freedom of Expression...
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