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Climate of fear: The silencing of the planet’s indigenous peoples

29 Sep 21 | Magazine, Magazine Editions, Volume 50.03 Autumn 2021

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Dissident

John Sweeney

Journalist

John Sweeney is a writer and journalist who has investigated Scientology and Russian interference in the US elections. He is the host of the Hunting Ghislaine podcast.

Kelly Duda

Activist and producer

Kelly Duda is an activist and producer and director of the documentary Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal.

Whistleblowers: The lifeblood of democracy

26 Jul 21 | Magazine, Magazine Editions, Volume 50.02 Summer 2021

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Sir Tom Stoppard

Playwright

Sir Tom Stoppard is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. His works include Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and his latest play, Leopoldstadt, which is playing at Wyndham’s Theatre in London.

Nerma Jelacic

War criminal hunter

Nerma Jelacic works for the Commission for International Justice and Accountability, which gathers war crimes evidence during ongoing conflicts.

Daniel Ellsberg

Whistleblower

Daniels Ellsberg is a former US Government contractor who worked for Rand Corporation and exposed the country’s long-term involvement in Vietnam through the release of the Pentagon Papers in 1971.

China: A century of silencing dissent

28 Apr 21 | Magazine, Magazine Editions, Volume 50.01 Spring 2021

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Ma Jian

Author

Ma Jian is an award-winning Chinese writer. His latest novel is China Dream. His work is banned in China

Gelareh Sheibani

Singer

Gelareh Sheibani was born in Iran and took keyboard lessons as a youngter. She found a passion for singing in her teenage years but solo singing in the country was not permitted. After the release of the video for her song Nagoo Tanhaei and the follow-up she was arrested and prosecuted. She later left the country and now lives in Turkey

Sarah Sands

Journalist

Sarah Sands is Chair of the Gender Equality Advisory Council for G7 and a board member of Index on Censorship. Sands was the former editor of BBC’s Today programme

Masked by Covid

14 Dec 20 | Magazine, Magazine Editions, Volume 49.04 Winter 2020

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Zahra Hankir

Journalist

Zahra Hankir is a Lebanese journalist. She is editor Our Women on the Ground and was formerly at Bloomberg. She lives between Beirut, London and New York

Bianca Jagger

Campaigner

Bianca Jagger is president and chief executive of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. She is a prominent voice in the human rights field. She is from Nicaragua

John Gray

Philosopher

John Gray is an English political philosopher. He is the author of Mill on Liberty: A Defence and Two Faces of Liberalism