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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
New Assange film hopes to spur action
The director of a forthcoming documentary on Julian Assange speaks to Index about how he hopes it will motivate people to take action before it’s too late
Navalny told them not to give up – and they didn’t
People across Russia risked arrest to pay their respects to the dead opposition leader during a ‘climate of terror’. We spoke to some of those who attended memorials
Ukraine’s resilience shows us how to stand up to oppression
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
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