Malta’s beautiful tourist image masks a murky underside of this Mediterranean island, writes Caroline Muscat
“When you hold the mirror up to nature and up to a totalitarian regime, it recognises it and attempts to stamp it out”
Fathy stands accused of “belonging to a banned group”, promoting “ideas calling for terrorist acts” and “disseminating false news”
Sahika Erkonan never thought signing a petition meant signing away her life, her family or her country. Marooned in London, she faces an uncertain future
Travel to any destination, just make sure you report the truth, argue Index panellists at launch of the Index on Censorship summer magazine 2018, Trouble in Paradise
“The only effective and durable way to resist racism and discrimination is through speech and other non-censorial measures”
Being an Afghan or Pakistani woman online attracts prejudice, even danger. But for many, technology is freedom from the past.
“I realise it was the best decision of my life because I would be imprisoned right now, like my colleagues.”
With the far-right Freedom Party moving from opposition party to governing partner in 2017, efforts to gain political influence in the media sector have put ORF, Austria’s biggest media outlet, under pressure
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