Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are brought by powerful and wealthy entities against public watchdogs in an effort to compel them to withhold or remove critical coverage, even if it is accurate and in the public interest....
Rewording Dahl’s classics sets a worrying precedent. Instead of censoring his works we should invest in promoting new, diverse talent
Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine mirrors the two bloody wars for independence in Chechnya. But those speaking out publicly against Ramzan Kadyrov’s pro-Putin policies are being harshly silenced
Bahar al-Assad is using the natural disaster that has killed thousands to launder his reputation internationally while ordinary Syrians suffer
Erdogan’s state of emergency must not last longer than is absolutely necessary to deliver a humanitarian response to the disaster
Criticism of the Turkish government in the wake of this week’s deadly earthquakes led to the blocking of the social media platform
Activists in Greece protesting China’s hosting of the Winter Olympics in 2022 were arrested
The name of the woman murdered by Iran’s “morality police” was Jina Amini but Kurds in the country cannot use their real names, says British-Kurdish writer and organiser Elif Sarican
The algorithmic censorship of content and the threat to end-to-end encryption need addressing
Our CEO Ruth Anderson reflects on the theme of this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day