Abstract
An activist from the group Chok3 performs during a protest against reported violence directed at the gay community in Chechnya, outside the Russian embassy in Mexico City in April 2017
CREDIT: Carlos Jasso/Reuters
IN THIS SECTION
South African cartoonist Zapiro on Zuma and the challenges ahead
A Yemeni journalist on threats to reporters in the country
An interview with Margaret Atwood on commemorating free speech heroes
As Germany debates fake news and prepares for an election, free speech is increasingly under threat
Ten years after its launch, Somaliland’s book festival opens up access to reading matter
A Chechen journalist on the dangers of writing about anything beyond fl attering the president
A spate of prosecutions against comedians in Spain
Indonesians are experimenting with creative forms of protest including making casts of their feet