It’s been five years since the National Security Law was passed: how much has freedom of expression deteriorated in China’s ...

Unsurprisingly dozens of lawyers, academics and human rights defenders have joined journalists in fleeing the country.

It is ironic that the US president, a supposed champion of free speech, has threatened Bruce Springsteen for expressing his ...

When news broke on Monday of 17-year-old Sana Yousaf’s murder, it was first described as a potential “honour-based killing”. Yousaf, a social media influencer from Pakistan, had become a visible ...

In the age of online information, it can feel harder than ever to stay informed. As we get bombarded with news from all angles, important stories can easily pass us by. To help you cut through the ...

Denied the right to do my job, I’ve gone from reporting on the frontlines of the Israeli military campaign to fighting for my ...

In a secondary academy in England, a librarian is putting books into a box. Just moments before, they were proudly on the shelves, rainbow flags waving across their covers and words such as “queer” ...

Laws on foreign funding and broadcast content empower authorities to censor, prosecute and close media that provide vital ...

A version of this article was originally published in the British Journalism Review. Let me tell you about four brave journalists. One morning last May, Farid Mehralizada was arrested by masked police ...

It would have been difficult to miss the recent flurry of news regarding cuts to international aid organisations, and the repercussions these will have in areas such as climate change mitigation, ...