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The uncertain future of Serbia’s LGBTQ community

Time for change — In June last year, Ana Brnabić defied the odds to become Serbian Prime Minister – making her the country’s first ever gay politician. But in a staunchly conservative society with a terrible track record on LGBTQ rights, what difference has this appointment really made?

  • Reportage
  • Sophie Cousins

Berlin’s clubbers get political for anti-Nazi protest

Dancing in the street — On Sunday, an estimated 70,000 people from the city’s clubbing community took to the streets to counter-demonstrate against the far-right AfD (Alternativ für Deutschland) party: ‘We are progressive, queer, feminist, anti-racist, inclusive, colourful and we have unicorns.’

  • Reportage
  • Alexander Durie

Portraits from Ireland’s seismic abortion referendum

#RepealedThe8th — We head to the streets of Dublin to meet the young women behind Ireland’s Repeal the Eighth campaign, as they celebrate one of the most groundbreaking results of the country’s political history.

  • Reportage
  • HUCK HQ

The young Israelis imprisoned for refusing to serve in the IDF

Refusenik redefined — Military service is mandatory in Israel, a rite of passage that to some comes with a sense of duty and pride. But conscription means complicity in an illegal occupation. From prisons sentences to strained relationships and the fear of vilification, for the young Israelis who refuse to serve in the IDF, a complicated and arduous journey awaits.

  • Reportage
  • Rebecca Greig

How Armenia is partying its way to a revolution

Dancing in the street — Last month, thousands of activists managed to shut down the country with passive resistance; overthrowing the authoritarian Serzh Sargsyan using peace, love and dance.

  • Reportage
  • Ian McNaught Davis

Labour pledge to introduce free bus travel for under-25s

It could save you £1000 a year — Jeremy Corbyn, Labour leader, will tomorrow announce plans to make bus travel free for young people in Britain.

  • Reportage
  • Michael Segalov

Giles Duley explores the deadly legacy of landmines in Angola

Scars from a forgotten war — Over its 27-year duration, the Angolan war led to the death of an estimated two million people – making it one of the deadliest of the 20th century. But nearly two decades later, its violent legacy is still haunting the region.

  • Reportage
  • Giles Duley

Trans refugees are struggling to survive in Greece

‘Nobody here cares about us’ — Photojournalist Fahrinisa Campana heads to Athens to meet the LGBT+ refugees who are trying to make ends meet – and find acceptance – in a deeply conservative Greek society.

  • Reportage
  • Fahrinisa Campana

The fight to save Hong Kong’s underground music scene

A punk prayer — Despite the city’s darkening political climate, its youth have found a space of freedom and resistance in Hidden Agenda – a local punk venue on the brink of extinction.

  • Reportage
  • Victoria Chan

The collectives taking on Poland’s right-wing uprising

New radicals — In a country with rising nationalism and some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe, the Polish youth are fighting back through grassroots initiatives and radical independent publishing.

  • Reportage
  • Alexander Durie

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