Opinion Martin Bashir and Princess Diana: The BBC's latest entirely avoidable crisis An inquiry into the 1995 Panorama interview with Princess Diana highlights that the BBC must be made accountable to Ofcom By David Elstein / 25 May 2021
News Stonewall UK media director steps back amid ‘tsunami of transphobia’ ‘I’m tired of the abuse’ says the head of media for Europe’s largest LGBTIQ rights charity By Nandini Naira Archer / 21 May 2021
Interview 'Russian officials simply could not ignore us': inside the attack on Meduza Alexey Kovalev, a prominent Russian journalist, explains why the state is trying to silence independent outlets by naming them ‘foreign agents’ By Ilya Yablokov / 20 May 2021
Feature Israel’s digital apartheid is silencing Palestinians We urgently need international standards that would protect people from repressive governments and profit-driven companies the world over By Nadim Nashif / 20 May 2021
News openDemocracy joins UN Women media alliance Invite-only network including Deutsche Welle and Glamour pledges to disrupt stereotypes and boost the number of women in media leadership roles By Kerry Cullinan / 17 May 2021
Feature WhatsApp wants to share your data with Facebook. Here's why that's worrying The messaging platform has told users to allow it to share more of their data with parent company Facebook or have their account shut down By David Balaban / 13 May 2021
Opinion My sister Daphne was murdered. We want justice for women journalists Corinne Vella, sister of Daphne Caruana Galizia, spoke on an openDemocracy panel about her sister’s struggles and the legacy of her work By Corinne Vella / 10 May 2021
Opinion Jeffrey Donaldson sued us. Here’s why we’re going public The prospective DUP leader tried to silence our journalism. We need politicians who will stand up for press freedom By Mary Fitzgerald and Peter Geoghegan / 10 May 2021
Opinion Colombia burns amid authorities’ bloody crackdown on tax protestors International human rights organizations denounce violence yet President Duque fails to act as crisis escalates Español By democracia Abierta / 7 May 2021
Analysis In pursuit of truth: journalists fight back in battle for press freedom Seven global stories of the rising attacks on reporters and how they joined campaigners to take on hostile governments and online bullies By Adam Bychawski / 3 May 2021
Opinion When authoritarians get a free pass, activists pay the price The Biden administration must make protecting the lives of activists and journalists such as Jamal Khashoggi a priority By Regan Ralph / 2 May 2021
Analysis ‘It’s time for change’: Green seeds are ready to sprout in local elections As the rest of the opposition crumbles, the party traditionally on the fringe has become a viable alternative that serves post-pandemic needs By Adam Ramsay / 1 May 2021
