Organised by the activists of
NGO Centre UA, the
3rd International Contest Stop Censorship! Citizens for Free Countriesis now open for entries.
In
June 2010, the meeting of journalists of the Stop Censorship movement originated an idea to initiate the discussion about the danger of censorship for the wide audience. In that time, in the atmosphere of augmenting political pressure, journalists had to seek for new channels of communication to convey the message that censorship is not only the problem of journalists but of the
whole society.
The works on the following topics are accepted:
•
Protection of freedom of speech•
Fighting the censorshipIn addition, you can enter works on the
Special Theme, which this year is "
Human rights first".
Each participant can submit unlimited number of works in different categories. You can submit your works in four languages:
Ukrainian,
Russian,
English, and
Crimean Tatarlanguage.
There is no entry fee.
Eligibility
Open to anyone worldwide, regardless age, citizenship or education.
Prize
On
May 25, 2015the juries of experts and human rights defenders will select the winners at a plenary meeting.
On
June 4, 2015the
award ceremonyand the
exhibitionof the best works will be held in one of the public spaces of Kyiv (
Ukraine). After the end of the contest the information campaign to promote the winners' work will start.