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Next weekend, Kyiv’s hipsters will be fed a diet of stand-up comedy, music, fashion and food as they raise a finger to their aggressive neighbour
Artists, activists and journalists from Afghanistan, India, Myanmar and Somalia are among the nominations for this year’s awards
Meet the activists and campaigners who have had a marked impact in fighting censorship and promoting freedom of expression
Meet the artists and arts producers whose work challenges repression and injustice and celebrates artistic free expression
The Lviv BookForum curator on organising a festival during a war, the importance of countering Russian colonialism and remembering fallen friends
As the Russian dissident turns 42 today in jail with a 25-year prison sentence ahead of him, it’s important the world knows his name
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John Sweeney remembers Ukrainian novelist turned war crimes investigator Victoria Amelina, who has died in a Russian rocket attack on a watering hole favoured by journalists