The Chechen authorities are conducting a vicious operation against men suspected of being gay. The Kremlin should not only condemn these actions, but the culture of impunity that accompanies them.
Last Sunday's protests and a nationwide truckers' strike have led to detentions and trials across Russia. Read about them here. Русский
Despite signs of early change, the cover-up of torture inside Russia’s prison service demands reform. Русский
With the media focusing on Erdogan’s April referendum, it is easy to lose sight of, or cover up, the tensions and serious abuses in the Kurdish areas in the south-east of the country.
Living with HIV in Ukraine is fraught with stigma and discrimination. It’s even harder if you’re a woman.
While the law is a political compromise cleverly designed to please stakeholders, girls at risk of undergoing FGM remain unprotected.
The full truth is important not only for Giulio’s case, but also for the hundreds of Egyptian citizens who have disappeared, many of them almost certainly suffering the same grisly fate that he did.
In striving for a “business-friendly environment”, the Georgian government is further eroding labour rights. Workers have taken to the streets in response.
In Russia, a punitive Soviet approach to drug users is still in place. But a new generation of activists is ready to challenge it. Русский
It is important that a law be enacted to criminalize the whitening of dictatorships so that those longing for the past stop their hopeless ventures of trying to falsify history.
