The authors were awarded for their bravery in standing up to rich and powerful people
Index honours Virginia Giuffre and Sarah Wynn-Williams with the Freedom to Publish Award
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
From police to Pussy Riot
A former member of the protest band explains how she left a career in St Petersburg’s police force to become a political dissident
From Belarus to Gaza we continue to bear witness to the unprecedented attacks on journalists globally
On World Press Freedom Day, Index renews calls for the protection of journalists worldwide
Turkey silences its journalists by forcing them into exile
On World Press Freedom Day, we hear from Turkish journalists forced out of the country
Stripped of her home: The Belarusian political prisoner pardoned by Lukashenka
Journalist Larysa Shchyrakova was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony for discrediting the Republic of Belarus. She tells her story here
Orbán’s anti-culture club
As Europe’s top court strikes down Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws, Index looks at how the state has been trying to silence writers and artists
Contents – The monster unleashed: How Hungary’s illiberal vision is seducing the western world
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Orbán’s defeat should spell the end of foreign interference in European democracies
Illiberal forces are bankrolling attacks on free speech – it’s time to stop them
Hungary: The signs that heralded Péter Magyar’s landslide
A journalist reveals the indications that things were changing after 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán
Gone are the days when Tbilisi was safe for journalists escaping persecution
The arrest and deportation of journalist Afgan Sadigov demonstrate the peril faced by at-risk journalists