INDEX ON CENSORSHIP   |   VOL.53   |   NO.1

CONTENTS

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Up Front

1 BORDER CONTROL:

JEMIMAH STEINFELD There’s no safe place for the world’s dissidents. World leaders need to act

6 THE INDEX: MARK FRARY

A glimpse at the world of free expression, featuring Indian elections, Predator spyware and a Bahraini hunger strike

Features

14 JUST PASSING THROUGH:

EDUARDO HALFON A guided tour through Guatemala’s crime traps

17 EXPORTING THE AMERICAN

PLAYBOOK: AMY FALLON The culture wars are finding new ground in Canada, where the freedom to read is the latest battle

20 THE COUPLE AND THE KING:

CLEMENCE MANYUKWE Tanele Maseko saw her activist husband killed in front of her eyes, but it has not stopped her fight for democracy

23 OBRADOR’S PARTING GIFT:

CHRIS HAVLER-BARRETT Journalists are free to report in Mexico, as long as it’s what the president wants to hear

26 SILENCING THE FAITHFUL:

SIMONE DIAS MARQUES Brazil’s religious minorities are under attack

28 THE ANTI-ABORTION

ROADSHOW: REBECCA L ROOT The USA’s most controversial new export could be a campaign against reproductive rights

32 THE WOMAN TAKING ON

THE TROLLS: DAISY RUDDOCK