Despite the huge risks attached to defying Putin, a handful of Russians are still speaking up. We profile six here
Today’s dissidents in Russia: tech savvy and willing to risk it all
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Hungary elections 2022: What does another Orban term mean for freedoms?
The godfather of “illiberal democracy” – Viktor Orban – is fighting his fiercest election battle to date. What exactly is on the line when Hungarians head to the polls on Sunday?
Call for an end to beatings and abductions of journalists and protesters in Ukraine
Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of the Centre for Civil Liberties in Kyiv, condemns the actions of Russian troops
Beijing’s fearless foe with God on his side
Jimmy Lai Chi-Ying, Hong Kong’s 74-year-old self-made billionaire, is a dissident. His cause is freedom. For championing this cause, he has been jailed since December 2020. One of the crimes he was found guilty of was lighting a candle in public to...
Andrei Kurkov on Russia’s war against Ukrainian culture
Anyone who believes that Ukraine should remain independent and become part of Europe is already an enemy of Russia, says the celebrated author
The Buena Vista Social v The Kremlin
The empty chairs at the empty tables in a journalists’ hangout in Kyiv are a tribute to the ultimate price paid for free expression
Ukrainian reporter forced to film propaganda video before release
Victoria Roshchina, who works for independent media channel hromadske, had to deny she was being held captive
Margaret Atwood: We are entering a new era of book banning
The multi-award winning novelist, essayist, poet and activist wrote in the 50th anniversary issue of Index on Censorship magazine
Plays, protests and the censor’s pencil
Shakespeare was no stranger to censorship from the Elizabethan and Jacobean police states. Here we chart how the Bard’s plays amused monarchs and dictators but also prompted their anger
Identity politics: words can, and do, hurt
“When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less, and that includes pronouns”