Some 14,000 people, including children, have been detained for protesting the war. Putin’s pollsters say Russians support it
Does Russia’s war have popular support? Navalny says not
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Mark Stimpson
Mark Stimpson
Mark is associate editor at Index on Censorship
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Navalny writes from his penal colony: “Books are our everything”
The jailed critic and opponent of Putin is sending messages via Instagram, detailing his ill-treatment
Heberto Padillo’s ‘confession’ 50 years on
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Peter Calvocoressi
The historian and wartime codebreaker was one of the four original trustees of the charity behind Index on Censorship
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Vincent Muscat’s guilty plea has led to charges against others in the case of the murder of the Maltese investigative journalist