From Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to Laila Soueif, we pay tribute to mothers around the world who are fighting unimaginable battles for free speech and justice

From Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to Laila Soueif, we pay tribute to mothers around the world who are fighting unimaginable battles for free speech and justice
Our fundamental right to protest is being eroded in the UK and USA
Following January’s sham election, political activists and journalists willing to challenge Aliaksandr Lukashenka face prison, exile or worse – but they refuse to stay silent
In the run up to the Belarusian presidential election, Index’s Belarus researcher reflects on her own experience during protest crackdowns in 2020
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The Belarusian poet wrote Body in Progress to expose how persecution has a profound impact on the body and mind
Freedom of expression in Belarus is costly and the price is years off your life
Index on Censorship spotlights four people standing up for human rights around the world
As physics laboratory Cern ends co-operation with Russia and Belarus over the Ukraine war, Index talks to exiled scientists
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