In India, two engineers left their lucrative careers to form a media company to fight against the dangerous spread of fake news. Despite facing abuses, threats, and even imprisonment, Mohamed Zubair and Pratik Sinha remain dedicated to debunking politically motivated misinformation.

For centuries, Dalits have been forced to live on the margins of Indian society. Having been discriminated against in life and in the workplace, Dalit journalist Meena Kotwal decided to start her own media venture to amplify silenced and oppressed voices.

Struggling to make ends meet with her three children in Kerala, India, Raihanath Kappan is fighting a lone battle to secure her jailed journalist husband, Siddique Kappan, a fair hearing. Siddique was arrested on his way to report on a story about the rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman.

The number of regional media outlets still tackling critical stories in Indian-administered Kashmir – a dangerous place for journalists – continues to shrink, but The Kashmir Walla persists. Follow its 23-year-old interim editor Yashraj Sharma as he works to keep the magazine going, whilst founder and editor Fahad Shah is in prison, awaiting trial.