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CATEGORY: Features
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
Conversation with a dissident: Sai ▇▇▇
In this first of a series of profiles, Index meets Burmese artist Sai to discuss the aftermath of the 2021 military coup and how it has influenced his work
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
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
Hungary leads the far-right charge on free speech
Index looks at the Viktor Orbán-funded institute bringing together far-right leaders across Europe
The exclusion of Palestinian voices means the same mistakes are being made on Gaza
In 1993, the Oslo Accords promised peace in the Middle East. Thirty-two years on, a new peace initiative seeks to extract the same out of the wreckage of Gaza
Offline by decree: Iran’s war on the internet
In wartime, sharing photos of bombed locations or even accessing the internet could get you prosecuted for collaborating with the enemy
Hungary’s Gen Z have only known one leader, Orbán
The country’s youth are now exercising their freedom of expression and it’s not just at music festivals
Unwritten chapters: The story of an Afghan girl
In the latest of our Letters from Afghan Women, a young woman talks about how doors of opportunity have been closed in the country