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Reporting is not a crime. So why has India’s government charged our magazine?

The Caravan’s editors write that charges filed against them after covering protests are an ‘assault on free media’.

/ 5 Feb 2021

Reporting is not a crime. So why has India’s government charged our magazine?

Tensas elecciones en Ecuador ante un futuro incierto

El 7 de febrero, Ecuador celebra la primera vuelta de unas elecciones presidenciales, donde un país dividido y desconcertado busca un líder capaz de enfrentarse a una situación crítica en múltiples frentes.

por democracia Abierta

/ 4 Feb 2021

Tensas elecciones en Ecuador ante un futuro incierto

Huracanes y coronavirus: tormenta perfecta sobre las islas del Caribe

El multilateralismo de la Comunidad del Caribe (CARICOM) es indispensable para que la población y los ecosistemas puedan sobrevivir a los embates del clima y a las crisis de salud pública.

por Miguel González Palacios

/ 3 Feb 2021

Huracanes y coronavirus: tormenta perfecta sobre las islas del Caribe

Media critique in a very online world

The place of journalism in an online world where criticism of news media is now ubiquitous.

By Sean Phelan

/ 3 Feb 2021

The largest personal data leakage in Brazilian history

Why the rest of the world should be worried, and think hard about how to create a data protection culture.

By Luca Belli

/ 3 Feb 2021

India is turning to colonial-era laws to silence journalists

Sedition charges are just the latest attempt by Narendra Modi’s government to undermine a free press. They must be opposed.

By Samar Halarnkar

/ 3 Feb 2021

India is turning to colonial-era laws to silence journalists

El laboratorio político de España - del 15-M a Podemos

Desde la respuesta de la izquierda española a la crisis financiera contra la austeridad, hasta Black Lives Matter y la recuperación de la nación "para el pueblo", Natalie Fenton habla con Cristina Flesher Fominaya sobre su libro Democracy Reloaded.

por Natalie Fenton y Cristina Flesher Fominaya

/ 2 Feb 2021

El laboratorio político de España - del 15-M a Podemos

Boris Johnson and his government are attacking press freedom. We must not let them win

One journalist has been arrested. A minister has attacked another on Twitter. These are not isolated incidents – and they must not stand.

By Mary Fitzgerald

/ 2 Feb 2021

Boris Johnson and his government are attacking press freedom. We must not let them win

“Si seguimos esperando al Estado, nos quedamos igual, en el olvido”: Katherine Ariza

Katherine Ariza es una líder social de Tasajera, Colombia, que ayuda a su comunidad con alianzas educativas, atención médica y salvaguarda de los saberes ancestrales. Este es su testimonio.

por Juanita Rico

/ 30 Jan 2021

“Si seguimos esperando al Estado, nos quedamos igual, en el olvido”: Katherine Ariza

Godfrey Hodgson: a legendary author who predicted America’s unravelling

Hodgson, who died aged 86, provided a stellar canon of articles for openDemocracy that unveil the path to Trumpism.

By Anthony Barnett

/ 29 Jan 2021

Godfrey Hodgson: a legendary author who predicted America’s unravelling

Foro Social Mundial: Activismo global en tiempos de pandemia

En su 20 aniversario, celebrado virtualmente, el FSM reflexiona sobre el significado y alcance de la digitalización pandémica del activismo transnacional.

por Teivo Teivainen, Giuseppe Caruso y Carminda Mac Lorin

/ 29 Jan 2021

Foro Social Mundial: Activismo global en tiempos de pandemia

The media must not give African leaders platforms to spout homophobia – it only helps their populism

Covering gay rights in Africa is hard work, for both local and international journalists. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour got it wrong in Uganda.

By Lydia Namubiru

/ 28 Jan 2021

The media must not give African leaders platforms to spout homophobia – it only helps their populism