A prochoice supporter reacts to senators voting against the legalisation of abortion outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina during August 2018
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80 “WATCH OUT WE’RE GOING TO DISAPPEAR YOU”CLAUDIA PIÑEIRO
Contributing editor Irene Caselli introduces Claudia Piñeiro’s story on abortion. The Argentinian author speaks about violent threats she’s received and an online campaign calling for a boycott of her novels
84 “KNOWING THAT THEY ARE THERE, HELPS ME KEEP SMILING IN MY CELL”AHMET ALTAN
Best-selling novelist Ahmet Altan talks to Index from his prison cell in Turkey. We also publish an exclusive translation from his novel The Longest Night
89 A REBEL WRITEREMAN ABDELRAHIM
Sally Gimson speaks to Egyptian writer Eman Abdelrahim about mental illness and where she draws inspirations for her writing. Plus an extract from her short story