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Russian emigrants do not give up

Russian emigrants are not giving up. In the past 3 years, a democratic Russia has emerged. In exile.

Macht & mondialisering

Mensenrechten & gelijkheid

Conflict & polarisering

Free Russia already exists

Authors, journalists and activists fight to preserve free space

The image depicts a surreal and abstract landscape, with a white, ghostly figure in the foreground surrounded by vibrant red bursts or explosions against a dark, moody background.

Authors, journalists and activists fight to preserve free space in Turkey.

Since Gezi Park, repression in Turkey has really started to get going

What do defenders of the rule of law do when protecting asylum seekers becomes a political decision?

‘When democracy is tottered on its pedestal, you hope that people will stand up to defend it.’

Diversiteit & migratie

Grist to the mill of undemocratic forces

4 multinationals domineren de tabaksindustrie. Publiekelijk pleiten deze bedrijven allemaal voor een rookvrije wereld.

Behind the smoke screen of Big Tobacco

The image shows a pile of rubble and debris, including a large sign, in front of a building.

‘De Europese Unie: payer, geen player?’

Israel destroys European aid projects, EU lets it be

Peace is also crumbling far from the front line

Political tensions between Budapest and Kiev are escalating. The Hungarian minority in Ukraine is caught in the middle.

‘A Hungarian in Ukraine today is seen as an enemy’

Pierre Verlinden: ‘Sometimes you have to do something that is not very profitable’

Ingenieur Pierre Verlinden: Leer van de Chinezen hoe je zonnepanelen goedkoop moet produceren.

Klimaat & duurzaamheid

‘Taxing solar panel imports now is a crime against humanity’

"Profiteers"

‘The gap between election rhetoric and much-needed policies is widening’

In Poland, an activist was convicted of ‘assisting abortion’

Convicted Polish activist: ‘Women’s bodies are the property of society’

Reconstruction of the pro-Russian disinformation campaign

 “A few years ago, we could not imagine that Hungarian society could be transformed into a pro-Russian society.”

How Viktor Orbán is reprogramming Hungarians’ brains

Those born paperless must jump high to even come close to citizenship

The absurd life story of stateless Salim

Human rights expert Bonny Ibhawoh responds to failure of commission on colonial past

Bonny Ibhawoh

‘Belgium in danger of missing the train of truth and reconciliation’

Visiting Colruyt's forestry project

Why a Belgian supermarket chain is planting 12 million trees in Congo

“I wanted to become the voice that could help others”

"I was a rebel from the very beginning": Libya through the eyes of journalist Taziri al-Omrani

A candid conversation about gender fluidity, exile and mystical poetry

Comic book author Barrack Rima: “Liberation is a path that never ends, we are never completely free”

We are now pretending that we are tackling the ecological crisis

Where is that master plan to phase out fossil fuels?

Playing sports as a fast track to integration

You need a good assist to score a goal

Young, gifted & … Afghan in Antwerp

‘Not everyone has the strength to carry their heavy backpack’

A new life in Belgium after 40 years of war in Afghanistan?

Afghans in Antwerp: ‘The journey begins once we reach our destination’

‘It should be normal to refuse something that is known to involve slave labour’

From tomato picker to contemporary Jesus. ‘We need each other to tackle inequality’

How mass tourism and property speculation are causing a housing crisis

Portugese architects confront tourists with reality behind azulejos

Bosnian students’ long fight against segregated schools

Yasmin Nair: ‘Critique on identity politics should be about power’

Muslim women in Sarajevo: ‘Our starting point is a prejudice against us, this makes us stronger’