The two-year anniversary of Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine reminds us that even in the depths of war there must always be hope
Ukraine’s resilience shows us how to stand up to oppression
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
UK, USA continue attack of protest rights
Recent incidents add to an already worrying picture of the protest landscape in the respective countries
Alexei Navalny dead
Putin’s fiercest critic has died in an Arctic Circle penal colony. An Index writer remembers his fond and foolish friend
Love in the time of dissent
A week in which many are celebrating their love has turned the focus on those dissidents who are forced to be separate from their partners and families
Joke’s on Lukashenka speaking rubbish Belarusian. Or is it?
Belarus’ belligerent leader is both tyrannical and comical. It’s fodder for the nation’s comics – when they’re not being muzzled
We have a duty to protect our politicians
The threats faced by Mike Freer and Nikki Haley are not isolated incidents but symptoms of a broader trend towards intolerance and extremism
How censorship wins
Publishing with freedom has become impossible in Belarus
2024, the year that four billion go the polls
Your ballot is a shield against would-be despots and tyrants and the consequences of your vote go far beyond your immediate neighbourhood
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From the Danube to the Baltic Sea, Germany takes an authoritarian turn
German authorities are increasingly silencing pro-Palestine activism in an effort to stamp out anything they fear could be seen as antisemitic