Articles

"Kurdish poet and journalist Nedim Türfent spent more than six years in Turkish prison for his journalistic work. To PEN/Opp Magazine, he described life behind bars and how letters, solidarity and literature kept him alive."

"Four poems from the poetry collection "Ópalo Negro" (2025), by a young Cuban poet exiled in Greece, built around a question wider than exile alone: what remains of us—family, memory, love, identity—when so much else is taken or left behind, and what we manage to rebuild."

"I am standing here to share my story, but in truth, it is the story of a war-torn country. It is the story of young people who watched their dreams vanish into the rubble of destruction. But most importantly, it is the story of vulnerable, yet incredibly resilient communities."

"Time for Indigenous peoples is not linear. It is an overlapping spiral where the past, present and future are happening all at once. It is called the Everywhen. Indigenous writers can imagine the apocalypse because our Ancestors lived through it."

"Former Pussy Riot member Olga Borisova explains to Index on Censorship how she became a political dissident."

"Cambodia is experiencing peace. Its land, once scarred by war—from the Cold War and the Vietnam War to its own civil conflicts—still carries the weight of history. Shaken once again by wars elsewhere, including conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, Cambodian contemporary artists have transformed remnants of violence in response."

"It is impossible not to rebel against such an injustice being done to someone who loves life and living as much as you do dad. But I am no longer rebelling; I am being patient. Because in this struggle, I know that in the end, the good will prevail."

"Gen Z in Nepal toppled the government through the power of social media, but Sonia Awale asks whether they know how to permanently change the status quo."

"Michael Deibert talks to youth groups in Haiti struggling for a voice amid societal breakdown for Index on Censorship's Winter 2025 Magazine Issue, Gen Z is revolting."

"Morocco’s youth have erupted against a system that invests in spectacle while its citizens die in silence"

"In Hungary, Gen Z have only ever known one prime minister: Viktor Orbán. They are now exercising their freedom of expression. And it’s not just at music festivals."