Spain, one of the European countries at the sharp end of imposed austerity measures, has also been in the vanguard of imposing restrictions on protest against them. Archive: originally published May 2014. Español

Success and failure in the use of digital tools in Catalonia’s rebellion; a calendar of events.

The Catalan question is not a national question, nor a question of a nation state, but a question of democracy.

Police and protests meet at the G20: a litmus test for freedom.

Chaotic crowds, like natural disasters or terrorism, are perceived as ultimate threats. The excesses of the resulting strategies of preemption became obvious during the G20 summit.

How might Cubans make actual the words of revolution, so that they recall not only past glory, but one that could come? Is digital development part of an agenda of renovation, and in what capacity?

Aristides de Sousa Mendes chose his conscience over his orders. His altruism should be an example for all those struggling to change a world that is once again failing to protect its citizens.   

"The best protection that a journalist can have is probably to keep on publishing stuff, to keep on waging a public battle." Interview. Español Português

Students have featured prominently in Russia’s latest wave of anti-corruption protest, and now they're facing repression as a result. 

In the last three years of military rule in Thailand, prosecutions for defamation, sedition and computer crimes offences have soared. Global social media platforms are ground zero in this repression.

A moment of silence for Liu Xiaobo's death, and the cause of personal freedom in China.

Refusing citizenship on grounds of 'character' reflects the criminalisation of global political dissent and resistance, while these subjective criteria normalise an imperialist system of citizenship.

It is now time that the authorities stop labelling all those who dare speak their minds as “terrorists”.

The solution to extremism lies through strategies that enable rather than constrain the space for Muslim free expression.