Awards Honor Contributions to Free Expression

The Index on Censorship will hold its annual Freedom of Expression Awards in London, on March 22.

Twenty five individuals and organizations will be awarded for their outstanding contributions to free expression in such areas as film, law & campaigning, and media. The list of winners will be announced February 27.

The judges for the event will be professor Conor Gearty, novelist Delia Jarrett-Macauley, human rights lawyer Imran Khan, culture policy expert Lola Young, film critic Mark Kermode and journalist Matthew D’Ancona.

The awards will be televised in England, and hosted by TV journalist Anna Ford, with a key note address by UK parliamentary member, Tony Benn.

For further details, contact [email protected] or call 44 (0) 20 7278 2313.