On World Press Freedom Day, we launch the Erased Font. This font links every single one of the 363 imprisoned journalists to a censored word, and erases these words from participating (news) websites worldwide. This symbolises the importance of free, independent journalism and the danger of censorship. It takes away our right to know.

All over the world journalists struggle with censorship while they attempt to publish about violations and bring abuse of power to light. Autocratic regimes exert pressure on journalists to remain silent about topics like corruption, rigged elections and pro-democracy protests. Information on wars and sensitive conflicts around ethnicity and ownership of land is also heavily censored, like writing about Palestine in Saudi Arabia, Mariupol in Russia, the Uyghur in China, the Kurds in Turkey and the genocide of the Tutsi minority in Rwanda.