A week in which many are celebrating their love has turned the focus on those dissidents who are forced to be separate from their partners and families
Love in the time of dissent
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CATEGORY: Americas
Explained: Ecuador’s state of emergency and free expression
A notorious gang leader’s escape from prison has plunged Ecuador into chaos, prompting the president to declare a 60-day state of emergency
2024, the year that four billion go the polls
Your ballot is a shield against would-be despots and tyrants and the consequences of your vote go far beyond your immediate neighbourhood
Contents – Having the last laugh: The comedians who won’t be silenced
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The world needs to learn from Masha Gessen moments
The Russian-American writer was at the centre of a controversy yet things were not exactly as they first seemed
Saying goodbye to Kissinger the criminal
The forgotten dead of the nations that ‘realpolitik’ devastated are still crying out for justice
Argentina’s Milei ushers in atrocity denialism, trolling and attacks on the media
After a campaign marked by online abuse, the libertarian president-elect could embolden the most violent elements of the far right
Why academic freedom and freedom of speech are not the same thing
The right to debate ideas in universities does not give free rein to voice hateful ideas outside that environment
Contents – In bad faith: How religion is being weaponised by the right
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Trump raises the stakes on media freedom
Former President threatens to cancel the licences of media outlets he perceives to be critical of him should he be reelected in 2024