Former Indy journalist Christina Patterson reflects on the end of her job at the publication and the wrenching changes overtaking the news industry.
On the death of journalism – and my Indy career
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Egypt’s retro crackdown on dissent
Prosecuting Egyptian dissenters was common practice under deposed president Hosni Mubarak with regime loyalists often fabricating charges against opponents to silence them. Shahira Amin reports on the latest wave of intimidation by the country’s current military regime.
From the archives: Behind the Sunglasses: Chile has done its best to forget its past
An excerpt from Exorcising Terror: the Incredible Unending Trial of General Augusto Pinochet by Chilean expatriate writer Ariel Dorfman
Harvard study: Actions speak louder than words in China’s censorship machine
A new Harvard study for the first time provides an inside look at the complex system of Chinese social media censorship. The report confirms a little-known theory: while messages referencing direct political action are banned, criticism of the communist leadership is often allowed. Milana Knezevic writes
Mass surveillance sparks investigative journalism renaissance
The mass surveillance scandal has sparked an investigative journalism renaissance with virtually every major news organisation in the United States—not just the keepers of the Snowden files—getting in on the act. Trevor Timm writes
From Assange to Murdoch: Australia’s free speech landscape
As Australians go to the polls, how does their country shape up on free expression? Helen Clark reports
The “nasty little bill” that could kill the Big Society
‘Chilling effect’, ‘seriously flawed’, ‘bureaucratic nightmare’: Alex Stevenson looks behind the scenes of the UK’s gagging bill
Hampstead teacher: Leave those kids alone!
What right does a North London head teacher have to report an “anarchist” student blogger to the police, asks Padraig Reidy
Is Vladimir Putin changing his tune on human rights?
Are the Russian leader’s recent statements just spin or a sign of real change, asks Andrei Aliaksandrau
Seven politicians who take themselves way too seriously
After news agency AFP attempted to retract an unflattering photo of Francois Hollande, we look at politicians who have tried to censor images that make them look a bit silly