Georgia Beeston
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Comms & Events Manager
@indexoncensorship.org
Co-founder
@boslaarts.com
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Georgia Beeston
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12 days ago
The anti-Putin punk band
#PussyRiot
has been designated an 'extremist' organisation by
#Russia
. Its members have something to say âŹď¸
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/12/puti...
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Bosla Arts
about 1 month ago
Coming up! That Joke Isnât Funny Anymore a 3-day exhibition and series of events by Bosla Artsâ artist-in-residence Rand Hamdallah and Shahd Itbakhi, exploring the themes of progress and development in a collapsing world. Explore the programme in the thread!
www.boslaarts.com/blog/that-jo...
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That Joke Isnât Funny Anymore - an exhibition and series of events by artist-in-residence Rand Hamdallah â Bosla Arts | Art Persists
That Joke Isnât Funny Anymore is a three-day exhibition and series of events by Bosla Artsâ artist-in-residence - Palestinian artist Rand Hamdallah, presented in collaboration with online artist-...
https://www.boslaarts.com/blog/that-joke-isnt-funny-anymore-by-rand-hamdallah
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Bosla Arts
4 months ago
OPEN CALL: To the Kids Who Live - an online exhibition of work created in solidarity with Palestine. Curated by Bosla Artsâ artist-in-residence Rand Hamdallah! Deadline 30 September 2025 đ¨ Learn more & apply:
www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...
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Index on Censorship
5 months ago
Read as Al Jazeera journalist
@youmnaelsid17.bsky.social
honours her colleagues killed in an Israeli strike on
#Gaza
on Sunday and exposes how silencing Palestinian journalists is an attack on press freedom everywhere:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/08/isra...
#Israel
#AnasalSharif
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Was amazing to have the chance to interview Dione & Steve from Jail Time Records. The pair set up the first ever recording studio inside a prison in
#Cameroon
. Hear their story:
youtu.be/WaftshEzzb4
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7 months ago
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Art Persists podcast season 8 coming soon! Can't wait for everyone to hear from our incredible guests this season:
www.boslaarts.com/tapp-season-...
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8 months ago
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Index on Censorship
8 months ago
Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the launch of our spring issue. Special thanks to the Frontline Club and our incredible panel
@youmnaelsayed.bsky.social
, Ryann Sowden, Rafael GonzĂĄlez ,
@gabriellajoz.bsky.social
& Kieran King. Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWpM...
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Was great to interview Mahmoud Muna, co-owner of the Educational Bookshop earlier this year. His bookshop has been raided twice by Israeli police in a worrying crackdown on free expression:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/mahm...
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8 months ago
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Bosla Arts
8 months ago
We are so excited to announce our first ever online exhibition, Art Resists, curated by Aude Abou Nasr! The exhibition features the work of 10 artists from around the world who are using their work to speak out against injustice. Explore the exhibition:
www.boslaarts.com/art-resists
#ArtResists
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Art Resists - An Online Exhibition â Bosla Arts | Art Persists
Art Resists is a testament to this power, bringing together ten artists from across the Global South and its diasporas, whose practices confront the urgencies of our time through diverse mediums.
https://www.boslaarts.com/art-resists
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Index on Censorship
9 months ago
Meet the panel! Join journalists Youmna El Sayed &
@gabriellajoz.bsky.social
,
@warchilduk.bsky.social
's Kieran King & clinical psychologist Rafael A. GonzĂĄlez as they explore how war impacts our ability to speak - focusing on
#Gaza
&
#Ukraine
. On Monday 28 April:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/index-on-c...
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Index on Censorship
9 months ago
An overlooked impact of war is the psychological trauma that can leave survivors - including children - speechless. Join us at the Frontline Club for a discussion on how the wars in
#Gaza
and
#Ukraine
are leaving the most vulnerable without a voice:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/index-on-c...
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Organising this event for
@indexoncensorship.org
at the Frontline Club in 3 weeks! Should be a fascinating discussion:
www.indexoncensorship.org/events/left-...
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9 months ago
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A shocking & important piece by
@katiedd.bsky.social
on the continued discrimination of
#Roma
women.
#InternationalRomaniDay
.
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9 months ago
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Don't miss this wonderful workshop! It sold out quickly last time:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-w...
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9 months ago
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Yesterday we stood outside the Embassy of Belarus demanding the release of all political prisoners. And in case they didn't get the message, we left them a nice colourful display to greet them this morning!
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9 months ago
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Index on Censorship
9 months ago
đ˘ Stand with Belarusian political prisoners! Join us outside the Embassy of
#Belarus
on Tuesday 25 March, 1-2pm to demand freedom for those unjustly detained by Lukashenkaâs regime. Join us and spread the word!
www.indexoncensorship.org/events/stand...
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Bosla Arts
10 months ago
We are back! Join us for a day of creative solidarity at The Jago on Sun 9 March. Including our Open Mic: Solidarity Sessions and a Creative Writing Workshop led by rapper / MC Fedzilla! Register:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1253166537...
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Index on Censorship
11 months ago
During last week's magazine launch, Hanna Komar paid tribute to
#Belarus
journalist, human rights defender and Index colleague
#AndreiAliaksandrau
who just spent his 4th birthday behind bars. Hanna reads the poem #, written by Andrei in 2021, translated by Hanna and John Farndon.
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Thanks to everyone who came to this lovely event to launch
@indexoncensorship.org
's brilliant new magazine issue on music!
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11 months ago
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Read my latest for
@indexoncensorship.org
on the total destruction of
#Gaza's
cultural institutions:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/01/gaza...
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12 months ago
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Excited for this! Submit your work & share this
#OpenCall
:
www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...
#OpenCall
#ArtResists
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12 months ago
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Georgia Beeston
Index on Censorship
12 months ago
2 WEEKS TO GO! Join us at The Jago for a night of music and poetry in honour of artists who stand tall in the face of censorship and oppression. Register and get a FREE drink on the night. Wednesday, 29 Jan at 6pm:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
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Doctors Without Borders / MÊdecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
12 months ago
#Sudan
: Doctors Without Borders has taken the decision to suspend all medical activities in
#Bashair
Hospital due to continuous attacks on the facility, staff and patients. We strongly condemn these violent attacks. Hospitals must be safe spaces.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/khartoum-sud...
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Khartoum, Sudan: Violent attacks force MSF to suspend activities at Bashair hospital | Doctors Without Borders / MÊdecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/MÊdecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns ongoing violent attacks on patients and staff at Bashair Teaching Hospital, located in a Rapid Support Forces-controlled area o...
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/khartoum-sudan-violent-attacks-force-msf-to-suspend-activities-at-bashair-hospital/
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Index on Censorship
12 months ago
Just a few weeks to go! Join us on 29 January as 4 world-class performersâSola Akingbola, Rahima Mahmut, Hanna Komar, and Shohret Nurâtake the stage in honour of fearless musicians around the world raising their voices against oppression. Register now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
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Georgia Beeston
Index on Censorship
12 months ago
Sunday marks 4 years since Andrei Aliaksandrauâjournalist, HRD and former Index colleagueâwas detained in
#Belarus
and later sentenced to 14 years in prison. Andrei wrote this poem in July 2021 after being charged. Join us: call for his release, share his poem &
#FreeAndrei
.
@ifex.org
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Index on Censorship
12 months ago
Renowned
#Uyghur
singer, human rights activist and award-winning translator Rahima Mahmut will perform at our upcoming magazine launch at The Jago on Wed 29 January. The event honours musicians facing persecution and censorship worldwide. Register now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
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Georgia Beeston
Index on Censorship
12 months ago
Award-winning artist and Jamiroquai percussionist SolĂĄ AkingbolĂĄ will perform at our upcoming magazine launch alongside The Eegun Rhapsodies! Join us at The Jago in London on Wed 29 Jan for an evening of music and poetry. Register now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
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I'm organising this lovely evening of music & poetry for
@indexoncensorship.org
in early Jan! Join us on Wed 29 at The Jago in London. Register & get a drink free on the night:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
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about 1 year ago
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Bosla Arts
about 1 year ago
Huge thanks to everyone who came to our Creative Solidarity for Palestine day on Saturday đ It was a truly moving & beautiful day.
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Read my piece for
@indexoncensorship.org
on Hanna Komar's brilliant debut play, Body in Progress, examining the impact of trauma on the mind and body:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/hann...
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about 1 year ago
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Thanks to everyone who tuned in this year!
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about 1 year ago
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Georgia Beeston
Index on Censorship
about 1 year ago
Index is excited to launch its year-end banned books competition! Weâve turned 20 banned book titles into fiendish cryptic clues. Think youâve got what it takes? Take the quiz now for a chance to win a yearâs subscription to Index's magazine:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/inde...
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Index on Censorship
about 1 year ago
Index on Censorship joins Doughty Street International and
@hrf.org
in welcoming the release of Iranian rapper
#ToomajSalehi
from prison yesterday. Salehi spent 753 days imprisoned for using his music and activism to support women and human rights in
#Iran
:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/iran...
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Georgia Beeston
Index on Censorship
about 1 year ago
We welcome the news that Iranian rapper
#ToomajSalehi
has been released from prison. Toomaj is a brave and brilliant person who should never have been imprisoned to begin with. Weâve been proud to support him since his arrest:
www.iranintl.com/en/202412010...
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Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi released from prison
Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was previously sentenced to death, has been released after serving one year in prison, Iran's Judiciary announced on Sunday.
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202412010753
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Georgia Beeston
Bosla Arts
about 1 year ago
Join rapper and poet Fedzilla on 7 December at 3pm for Iâm (not) fine, a creative writing workshop for beginners. Sheâll walk you through prompts, ideas and personal experience in putting despair and hope on paper. Register now!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bosla-arts...
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Georgia Beeston
Index on Censorship
about 1 year ago
Yesterday, imprisoned British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah spent another birthday behind bars in
#Egypt
. It also marked his mother's 50th day on hunger strike, protesting his imprisonment. Index continues to call for his immediate release:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/09/brit...
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Georgia Beeston
Bosla Arts
about 1 year ago
Announcing Creative Solidarity for Palestine! A day of workshops, music, food and an open mic on Saturday 7 December at Palestine House London. SEE YOU THERE!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bosla-arts...
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Georgia Beeston
Index on Censorship
about 1 year ago
Index condemns reports that
#Iran
authorities are opening a âhijab removal treatment clinicâ to impose âscientific and psychological treatmentâ on women who remove their hijabs. This "clinic" exemplifies the government's ongoing crackdown on womenâs rights:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Iran announces âtreatment clinicâ for women who defy strict hijab laws
The move has been described as âchillingâ by activists and rights groups as arrests mount over dress code breaches
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/nov/14/iran-announces-treatment-clinic-for-women-who-defy-strict-hijab-laws
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Listen to the latest episode of The Art Persists Podcast with Reihane Taravati, Iranian photographer. Reihane tells me about the pivotal moment of her career where she had the chance to photograph
#NargesMohammadi
at her home during a brief release from prison:
open.spotify.com/episode/7yas...
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about 1 year ago
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Georgia Beeston
Bosla Arts
about 1 year ago
Reihane Taravati, Iranian photographer and activist, is on The Art Persists Podcast! Reihane tells us about the challenges of being a photographer in
#Iran
and photographing imprisoned activist and HRD,
#NargesMohammadi
. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen:
tr.ee/P0baDDgeyv
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Georgia Beeston
Index on Censorship
about 1 year ago
Donald Trumpâs election victory raises serious concerns about the future of free speech in the
#US
and rest of the world, writes Jemimah Steinfeld, CEO of @IndexCensorship:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/11/dona...
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