On Saturday, friends of the Slovak investigative journalist held 30 commemorative demonstrations to mark his brutal murder in 2018
Eight years on from the murder of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak
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CATEGORY: Slovakia
Index reports on the breaking of the old order in Europe
Editor Sally Gimson reflects on a recent trip across central Europe
The dissident family challenging Slovakia’s Robert Fico
The Prime Minister is ramping up attacks on international discussion and the media
Contents – The forgotten patients: Lost voices in the global healthcare system
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The Roma women abused under Czechoslovakia’s haunting legacy
Under Soviet rule, Roma women were subjected to forced sterilisation. Today, they are still facing discrimination in their reproductive care
Slovakia: democracy just bearing up
The country is one of the smallest members of the European Union and sometimes struggles to develop a vision for itself
Georgia’s foreign agent bill: an existential threat to democracy
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in an attempt to stop the country’s slide into authoritarianism
In memory of Viktor Fainberg, 1968 Red Square demonstrator
The dissident fought hard for free expression and paid dearly. Here we shed more light on his amazing life
A dark light
In the five years that have passed since Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death, her family have had to fight to demand both justice and accountability for Malta
Cancel culture, junk journalism and the dissident tradition
A wide-ranging interview with the playwright, screenwriter and Index on Censorship patron Sir Tom Stoppard