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Right-wing protesters in Berlin in August 2020.

Democracy

Why the term “plutocrat populism” makes sense

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by Hans Dembowski
Construction worker in Nepal.

Our view

Why life is safer in high-income countries

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by Hans Dembowski
In January 2022, rising fuel prices sparked protests in Kazakhstan.

Hintergrund

The internet is crucial

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by Hugh Williamson
Hugh Williamson
by Jörg Döbereiner
Mada Masr is one of Egypt’s few independent news platforms

Al-Sisi regime

How Cairo spies on regime critics online

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by Sofian Philip Naceur
Protest against the Egyptian president at the African Union-EU Summit in Brussels in February 2022.

Egypt

How Egyptian media workers are intimidated systematically

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by Sofian Philip Naceur
Screenshot homepage TheWire.in

Online news portals

Need for government advertising makes media vulnerable

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by Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Protestors demanding freedom for Umar Khalid in Kolkata in early 2021.

Totalitarian aspirations

Modi opponents are called anti-national

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by Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Maria Ressa, the journalist from the Philippines, won the 2021 Nobel Prize for her work.

Free speech

Protecting freedom of expression is a permanent challenge

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by Jörg Döbereiner
Maria Ressa with Rappler merchandise at the Nobel ceremony in Oslo in December 2021.

Journalism

Brave Filipina fighting for the factual truth

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by Emmalyn Liwag Kotte
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