Madeline Roache
Madeline Roache is a reporter who focuses on human rights in the former Soviet Union
Articles by Madeline Roache
Inside the fight to provide abortion in Poland
Since Poland’s near-total ban on abortion, women have been fighting back. Is the nation on their side?
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Broken icons: abuse in Poland’s Catholic Church
Poland’s establishment is at last waking up to the scandal of abuse in the Catholic Church, thanks to a new film.
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A 21st-century schism
The conflict in eastern Ukraine has provoked a split in the Russian Orthodox church, with up to 30 million followers at stake.
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What happened after Russia decriminalised domestic abuse
Despite a chronic domestic violence problem, a new law has made punishing abusers even harder. Where does Russia go from here?
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