A Playlist To Hear Banned Articles

Years ago, the internet used to be a source of uncensored information. Now, dictatorships around the world are censoring online media the same way (if not more so) they do other kinds of media. Thankfully, they cannot censor everything, and music streaming services are one of the things that aren't censored yet (one can only guess how long will it continue this way).

Reporters Without Borders has worked with journalists from China, Vietnam, Thailand, Egypt and Uzbekistan: they turned their reports into songs, which are now available on this playlist, sung by professional musicians. All these journalists live in exile in Europe, but continue to report on their countries. These songs sound more like calls to freedom than actual fact-bases reports, but they make a powerful statement about what it feels like to be forced into exile.