Awards are offered in four categories: Arts, Campaigning, Digital Activism and Journalism. Anyone who has had a demonstrable impact in tackling censorship is eligible. Winners are honoured at a gala celebration in London. Winners join Index’s Awards Fellowship programme and receive dedicated training and support
Categories:
Arts: for artists and arts producers whose work challenges repression and injustice and celebrates artistic free expression
Digital Activism: for innovative uses of technology to circumvent censorship and enable free and independent exchange of information
Campaigning: for activists and campaigners who have had a marked impact in fighting censorship and promoting freedom of expression
Journalism: for courageous, high-impact and determined journalism that exposes censorship and threats to free expression
Music in Exile Fellowship: Relevant nominees are also eligible for the Music in Exile Fellowship, which supports musicians whose work is under threat.
Awards honour journalists, campaigners, digital activists and artists fighting censorship globally
Nominate at indexoncensorship.org/nominations
Nominations are open from 12 September to 2 October 2016
Tags: Censorship Freedom of expression