One of the great difficulties with satire is that often those who actually get it are those who are already on board with the message.
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Azerbaijan: Why Formula One fans are paying attention for all the wrong reasons
As Formula One fans prepare for the Baku Grand Prix on Sunday, Index on Censorship looks at the country’s dismal human rights record
Illiberal democracy: Europe’s worrying trend on freedom and liberty
Free Word in partnership with Index on Censorship brought together three major cultural figures from Hungary, Poland and Turkey to compare their stories and ask: is Europe just a place, or a set of values that are rapidly unravelling?
In conversation with Timothy Garton Ash: A blueprint for freer speech
The professor of European Studies at Oxford University talks to Index on Censorship about his new book Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World
Mapping Media Freedom: Week in review
Each week, Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Colombian rapper Shhorai: “Can you imagine a society in which women have no voice?”
Art has traditionally accompanied political and social movements in Latin America and the turn of the 21st century has seen a resurgence of diverse forms of expression
Yavuz Baydar: “Judicial coup” sends clear warning to Turkey’s remaining independent journalists
In an unprecedented move, Turkey’s judiciary has been reshuffled in a way that has shaken the basis of the justice system.
Dunja Mijatović: Why quality public service media has not caught on in transition societies
The battle to establish credible public service broadcasters in transitional democracies has been difficult.
Bahrain continues to use arbitrary detention as a weapon to silence critics
Bahraini authorities this week released opposition activist Zainab al-Khawaja, who had been imprisoned with her infant son since March but continues to use arbitrary arrest and imprisonment to silence its critics.
Russia: Journalists and activists end up targeted for revealing business corruption
Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Andrey Kalikh explores what happens when journalists or activists reveal close relationships between Russia’s businesses and government