In this issue Trouble in Paradise: Escape from reality, what holidaymakers don't know about their destinations, journalists from around the world dig under the gloss of tourism brochures to expose threats and dangers to freedom of expression. We report from the Maldives, Mexico, Malta, Bali, Hawaii and Italy, about what those guidebooks don't tell you. Authors Ian Rankin and Victoria Hislop on writing about the good, bad and the ugly. Vietnam's Lady Gaga talks about having her house raided, Malaysia's hard rockers talk about how their lyrics reveal what living in the country is really like and acclaimed music journalist Jon Savage on why the establishment always wants to ban new music.

Our special report looks at freedoms to study and research around the world, with reports from Turkey, South Africa and China, along with new fiction from Turkmenistan, plus poetry from Angola and the UK.

Including an interview with Judy Blume, Molly Crapabble illustrates a new short story from Turkey, Jamie Bartlett on crypto wars and how Robert McCrum swapped bananas for smuggled documents in Communist Czechoslovakia.

In this winter issue we look at taboos all over the world from Bangladesh to Britain. Writers include comedians David Baddiell and Shazia Mirza, Alastair Campbell, a new short story by Chilean-American playwright Ariel Dorfman and a special section of cartoons from across the planet.

From refugee camps around the world, are the stories that the world hears anything like the life inside? How camps become cities themselves and new technology creates communication structures that helps residents keep in touch with their families inside and outside. Essays from Turkish novelist Elif Shafak, Chilean-American playwright Ariel Dorfman and co-creator of TV series Father Ted Arthur Matthews. Other writers include novelist Tim Finch, digital guru Martha Lane Fox and retired major general Tim Cross, along with cartoons, graphic arts and new poetry.

The issue's special report looks at religion and freedom of expression as well as religious offence. When is the right to religious freedom suppressed or censored? Where do we draw the line between offence and faith and how should society respond? It looks at persecution of religions around the world, including the Bishop of Bradford Nicholas Baines's account of Christians in Sudan, analysis of China's Uighur Muslim minority community; Islamist challenges to free speech in Turkey; Felix Corley on Uzbekistan, where owning religious texts can get you into trouble; the new law on offence to religious feelings introduced in Russia in July 2013; and clashes between church and state in South Africa. The issue also looks at religious offence and art with Martin Rowson, Samira Ahmed and an interview with playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti to mark the10-year anniversary of the Behzti affair. The issue also publishes, for the first time in English, an extract from Lebanese playwright Lucien Borjely's banned play.

This issue of the magazine includes a special report with articles from Russia, Poland, Germany and Hungary as well as analysis about the freedom and challenges to it achieved since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The optimistic future that many felt was just around the corner has not always been delivered. In Azerbaijan and Belarus, for instance, the population struggles with high levels of censorship. For some it may feel like the revolution didn't really happen. In other countries there has been a rise in a nasty nationalism that stokes up hatred against minority groups. The debate about the future of journalism and free speech continues when we talk to Generation Wall, young people who were born just after the Wall fell about how they feel about freedom for their generation.

This issue of Index on Censorship magazine will include a special report on the future of journalism and the challenges for free speech; this global analysis includes articles from young and older journalists about the way the media might and should evolve to bring the public the information they should know; all inside are articles by author Wendy Law-Yone; an interview with the Belarus Free Theatre; and an article on free expression by Australia's race commissioner Tim Soutphommasane.

The latest magazine explores how a new phase in the use and abuse of history is happening around the world, how leaders are manipulating historical narratives to bolster their political support or build up their image. With reports from South Africa, Colombia, Japan, China, Spain and Turkey among others. Includes interviews with Margaret McMillan, Neil Oliver and Lucy Worsley, plus how history is back in schools in Colombia, and how families of the forgotten victims of Spain's General Franco are still fighting for recognition. Plus an interview with comedian Mark Thomas, an article by actor Simon Callow about censorship in theatre, and a new short story by award-winning novelist Christie Watson.

A special report on how propaganda is used during wars, and where the line between truth and security is drawn. The report, which will be published on the centenary of the start of World War One, will look back at wars through the past century and ask how different governments have used propaganda during conflicts, and raise questions about the moral and ethical issues of keeping the public informed, and whether it is reasonable or not to fail to release information for reasons of national security. We look at the flu epidemic after WWI, WWI and other conflicts around the world.

In this issue, we ask whether we are letting our emotions cloud our judgement when we weigh up decisions and if this is anything new. Has the world become more unreasonable? Writers including Julian Baggini, Timandra Harkness and Sarah Ditum weigh up our attitudes to argument and what matters. We interview BBC presenter Evan Davis about whether the world puts up with more bullshit and TV presenter and campaigner Trevor Phillips weighs in on whether journalists are self censoring what they report. Plus is first-person writing damaging reporting, and Ian Rankin's brand new short story on a world without books.

In this issue of Index on Censorship magazine, authors from around the world including the former Observer literary editor Robert McCrum, and Oxford University's Stuart White consider what clauses they would draft into a 21st century version of the Magna Carta; from Mexico a review of its constitution and its flawed justice system; Turkish novelist Kaya Genc looks at the recent intimidation against Turkish female writers and Natasha Joseph reports from Johannesburg on allegations of witchcraft in South Africa, and how people take action into their own hands. With reports from the Ukraine and Russia on the information and propaganda war, and plus new poetry and a previously unpublished play extract.

Why does radio still matter in 2017? We ask the controller of BBC World Service English, radio presenteter Robin Ince and the creator of an innovative Indian radio station, plus veteran journalist Graham Holliday on radio in Rwanda today, technology writer Mark Frary on why it's so easy to create your own radio station cheaply, plus the 98-year-old granny who is a US radio celebrity. Plus articles by Madeline Thein, and Laura Silvia Battaglia reports from Mosul on the people who continue to run Alghad FM despite the bombardment.

In the latest issue we look at threats to the right to protest around the world, how protesters are being threatened in different ways and an investigation into rising numbers of attacks on journalists covering protests, Authors include Ariel Dorfman, Micah White, Robert McCrum and an interview with Pentagon Papers lawyer Floyd Abrams.

In our latest issue, we look at the impact of the Russia revolution of 1917 on the world today. From propaganda, film and literature as well as politics our correspondents report from all corners of the globe including Uzbekistan, China, Russia and Turkey. Writers for this issue include David Aaronovitch on film, Khrushchev's great grand daughter Nina Khrushcheva on living in the USA, and an interview with author Margaret Atwood on a free speech wall, science censorship and her childhood in the wilderness.

This issue's special report looks at development and the access of minority voices to free expression, and why their rights need to be defended, whether it's the rural poor, women in Egypt or LGBT communities. What obstacles and discrimination do these groups face? We examine how and if they are able to communicate their ideas, views and the needs of their community. Authors include: Philip Pullman Peter Kellner Amartya Sen Shubhranshu Choudhary Nic Dawes The magazine's "In Focus" section will look at free expression among Afghan women as foreign military forces prepare to depart; press freedom in Honduras in Colombia; and powerful photography from Azerbaijan.