Global press freedom hits record low

Global press freedom hits record low

Global press freedom has entered “difficult” territory for the first time, according to the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, with new data revealing that more than half the world’s countries are struggling to sustain independent journalism due to worsening economic...
Direct action activism: reckless or reasonable?

Direct action activism: reckless or reasonable?

It’s 2013 and the Southern Ocean remains vast and unforgiving—a cold, wild expanse where the horizon blurs into endless grey water. Somewhere among the waves, a lone whale surfaces, exhaling a plume of mist into the frozen air. As mighty as a mountain, as defenceless...