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Journalist Irina Khalip has been given a two-year suspended sentence for participation in “mass disturbance” after December’s disputed Belarusian presidential elections.
Novaya Gazeta correspondent Khalip, 43, is married to presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov, who was sentenced to five years in a labour camp on Saturday (14 May). The couple have a four-year-old son, Danil.
The psychological toll of living in a warzone is causing young people to lose their ability to speak
Rape victims on campuses are being urged to keep quiet, with people's reputations prioritised over stopping sexual violence
President Kais Saied's rule is becoming increasingly authoritarian
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
