Madeline Roache

Madeline Roache is a London-based freelance journalist focusing on politics and human rights issues in Europe. Her previous publications include TIME, Al Jazeera, The New Humanist and The Guardian.

Death at the EU border: migrants pay the price of Belarus’s ‘hybrid warfare’

Thousands are stuck in no-man’s land between Belarus and Poland, left to fend for themselves in dangerously cold temperatures

By Madeline Roache

/ 15 Nov 2021

Death at the EU border: migrants pay the price of Belarus’s ‘hybrid warfare’

Polish media and opposition fight to save press freedom from state control

Government’s controversial bill ‘would wipe out one of last institutions to hold authorities accountable’ and could lead to US sanctions

By Madeline Roache

/ 20 Aug 2021

Polish media and opposition fight to save press freedom from state control

Punitive psychiatry: how Russian leaders deal with their opponents

As the Russian authorities continue to rachet up on the pressure on civil society and the public sphere, activists, journalists and bloggers are paying the price — through forced psychiatric detention.

By Madeline Roache

/ 10 Jul 2017