Seventy-five years after the liberation of Auschwitz, anti-Semitism is on the rise across the Western world. This trend, and the weak response to it, is a harbinger of democratic decay, writes Ana Palacio

Brian Donoghue thought long and hard before putting a swastika in his shop window and even after critics wished cancer on his family and ruination on his business, he believes he did the right thing, writes Caroline O'Doherty

A global event celebrating whistleblowers and freedom of expression will be held to mark the fourth anniversary of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's stay in the Ecuadorean Embassy.