Forty years on from Nineteen Eighty-Four, a panel of freedom of expression experts has explored the relevance of the dystopian novel to now
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Georgia’s foreign agent bill: an existential threat to democracy
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in an attempt to stop the country’s slide into authoritarianism
How artificial intelligence is influencing elections in India
Deepfake videos and other content is appearing with increasing regularity and regulators are too slow – or are unwilling – to act
New magazine Atar fills information void in Sudan
As a brutal war rages in Sudan a new publication fights to share stories which would otherwise be lost
The death of North Korea’s propaganda chief marks the end of an era
Kim Ki Nam spent decades shaping the narrative of the totalitarian state and building a personality cult around the ruling Kim dynasty
Sting, Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak and Coldplay join more than 100 artists, musicians, writers and leading cultural figures to call for the immediate and unconditional release of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi
Musician faces death sentence after three years of judicial harassment, including arrest, imprisonment and torture
Protesting to save democracy in Georgia
All those across the world who care about freedom need to demonstrate solidarity with protesters on the streets of Tbilisi determined to defeat a new “foreign agent” law
Urgent appeal filed with United Nations for Iranian rapper sentenced to death for his music
Toomaj Salehi, who was beaten and tortured in jail, has just 20 days to appeal charges of “corruption on Earth”
Nobody is safe from Iran’s protest crackdown
Protests over Toomaj Salehi’s sentence have rightfully begun, but his is not an isolated case
Burkina Faso has chosen the tool of the tyrant
A report into the death of 223 civilians in the African state has led to a clampdown on the media