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<p>We – all human beings – must be free and able to express ourselves, and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas, regardless of frontiers.</p>
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<p>We require uncensored, diverse, trustworthy media so we can make well-informed decisions and participate fully in political life.</p>
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<p>We express ourselves openly and with robust civility about all kinds of human difference.</p>
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<p>We must be able to protect our privacy and to counter slurs on our reputations, but not prevent scrutiny that is in the public interest.</p>
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<p>We must be empowered to challenge all limits to freedom of information justified on such grounds as national security.</p>
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<p>We defend the internet and other systems of communication against illegitimate encroachments by both public and private powers.</p>
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<p>O.T. Jones argues that the Ukrainian state should not restrict open historical debate but use its 'expressive' powers to foster a nuanced understanding of the past.</p>
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<p>Only 17% of rural India has internet access. But citizen journalism is giving voice to minorities says Arpita Biswas.</p>
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<p>Helen Haft explains how the Orthodox Church has eroded freedom of the media and lobbied for the 2013 law against offending religious feelings.</p>
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<p>Timothy Garton Ash discusses the importance of and whether we are losing the media for democracy at the General Editors Network Summit 2017 in Vienna.</p>
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<p>Iginio Gagliardone explores the surprising technopolitics of two competing visions of the internet, US and Chinese, in Ethiopia.</p>
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<p>Arthur Stockwin explains the four main areas where free speech is under threat in Japan.</p>
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