Press Freedom
Total 2 Posts
Journalist arrests during climate protests show how the demonisation of protest threatens us all
5 min read
Eight journalists covering a protest on the M25 motorway were recently detained by police. Preemptively limiting media access is the hallmark of an authoritarian rather than democratic state.
How Gorbachev’s fragile legacy of free speech has been destroyed by Putin
6 min read
Glasnost was hailed as one of Mikhail Gorbachev’s great achievements. But it was a fragile freedom and soon overturned by Vladimir Putin.