No. 50
Defending democracy: civil and political rights at risk in the 21st century

Defending democracy: civil and political rights at risk in the 21st century

Editorial

Editorial: Defending democracy
Pere Almeda, Adam Majó
Media, pluralism and democratic accountability

Large media companies: main challenges to democratic control of the media
Maria Corominas
The fit of public media and its role in the communication ecosystem in the Internet age: analysis of the situation from Catalonia
Joan M. Corbella
Political and media polarization: consequences of the lack of pluralism in the media system
Carlos Ruiz-Caballero, Juan Pablo Capilla, Jaume Suau
Risks to Media Pluralism in a digital environment in Europe
Elda Brogi
Media and democracy: the perspective of the European Union
Carmina Crusafon
Human Rights and political repression

Human rights and political repression around the world
David Bondia Garcia
Europe at the crossroads: unprecedented threats to human rights exacerbated by the pandemic
Amnesty International
Rights and freedoms in Latin America
Ramón Abraham Mena Farrera
Human Rights in Asia
Ana Ballesteros Peiró
Human rights in the Maghreb and Mashriq
Eduard Ariza
The Human Rights Situation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Progress, Violations and Remaining Challenges in Times of Pandemic
Josep Maria Royo, Celia Murias Morcillo, Iván Navarro Millán
Human Rights in China, Russia and the United States of America
Jimena Reyes, Ilya Nuzov, Hugo Gabbero
Freedom of speech and hate crime

Using hate speech as an excuse
Joaquín Urías
What comes beyond the criticism?
Laia Serra Perelló
Right to protest

What they don’t want you to see: On the visibility and repression of popular protest
Andrés Antebi
A Republican Defence of the Freedom of Expression
Pau Llonch
Freedom of speech and fake news

Against disinformation? More democracy
Simona Levi, Miriam Carles
A future with no secrets
Stephen Armstrong
Citizenship rights, voting rights, migration and mobility

Universal suffrage does not exist: if you are a foreign national, you cannot vote
Alba Cuevas
The boundaries of citizenship in Europe
Blanca Garcés
From the multi-dimensional to the personal: approaching intersectional discrimination against Roma women
Cristina de la Serna, Bianca Galusca
Fascism and national populism

New Uniforms for Old Strategies
Alba Sidera Gallart
National Populism in Power: the Consequences for Fundamental Rights
Jordi Vaquer
Losers in the crisis? Europe’s radical right wing in the COVID-19 pandemic
Matthias Quent
Before Spring Comes Winter
Ece Temelkuran
Democracy around the world

Measuring Democracy that Does Not Exist
Ismael Peña-López
Pandemic, Health and Democracy: The Political Dilemmas
Cesc Amat
Inequality and democracy: an introduction to the debate
David Murillo
Governing complexity: an essay on democracies in exceptional times
Guillermo Velasco Figueras
Lawfare: the judicialization of politics or the politicization of justice

Lawfare and democracy. Law as a weapon of war
José Luis Martí
Three court rulings and a funeral
David Fernàndez