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Friday, 27 May 2022


** Chad: Return to democracy still seems a distant prospect
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More than a year after Chad’s former president Idriss Déby Itno (pictured above) was killed in battle, freedom of expression in the central African country remains under attack. A reconciliation dialogue is mired in turmoil and four human rights defenders have been thrown in prison following protests in the country. Read the story here ([link removed]) . Photo: Paul Kagame/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0


** 500 days lost in a Belarusian prison
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Belarus journalist and human rights defender Andrei Aliaksandrau has now spent 500 days behind bars in his native country. The 44-year-old spent several years working with Index on Censorship. What has he missed in his time in detention? R ([link removed]) ead his story here ([link removed]) .


** Meet our Arts award nominees
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[link removed] on Censorshp has announced the shortlist for its 2022 Freedom of Expression Awards.The nominees in the Arts category are a Yemeni street artist, a Palestinian podcaster and poet, a Kurdish artist and teacher and a Cuban artist documenting human rights abuses.

The Awards celebrate those courageous artists, journalists and campaigners who risk arrest, assault and imprisonment through their championing of freedom of expression.

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