Accountability for the blast that destroyed Beirut’s port proves elusive in Lebanon and journalists are not helping.

Contributors:

Lara Bitar - Editor-in-Chief, The Public Source

Alia Ibrahim - Co-founder and CEO, Daraj

Jad Shahrour - Journalist and writer; Communications Officer, Samir Kassir Foundation

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Obituaries of former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell have been too kind.

'Foreign agents' and 'undesirables': Kremlin's media labels

Authorities in Russia have been systematically clamping down on journalism with the help of so-called “patriotic” activists.

Contributors:

Vitaly Borodin - Federal Security & Anti-Corruption Project

Roman Badanin - Founder & Former Editor-in-Chief, Proekt; John S. Knight Senior International Fellow, Stanford University

Lilia Yapparova - Special Correspondent, Meduza