Protests have broken out in Azerbaijan against rising prices and falling living standards. Will the regime respond with anything but brute force?
If you push hard enough you can get justice — even in Uzbekistan.
Из-за теорий заговора люди становятся покорными, а правители перестают чего-либо бояться. В Азербайджане всех диссидентов считают агентами скрытого «армянского лобби». English
Conspiracies keep the people pliant and rulers fearless. In Azerbaijan, all dissidents are considered to be agents of a shadowy ‘Armenian lobby’. Русский
The Russian state wants payback for the mass protests of 2012. But the arrest of another political activist in Russia has attracted the attention of neither the west, nor the European left. Русский
Russia's prison system is dehumanising people. The recent death of an inmate in a southern Russian penal colony is only further proof. Graphic warning. RU
The first sentences under a new law limiting freedom of association in Russia are coming into effect. Their target? ‘Malicious picket-holders’. Русский
After Paris, we need to act against radicalisation. Russia's legacy in the North Caucasus tells us how not to. Русский
Despite claims of impartiality, judges in Central Asia often incorporate neoliberal economic and moral values into their judgements on illegal settlements.
We can expect the PM to talk to Egypt's president about trade and security—but what about disappearances, detentions, and stifled dissent?
The EHCR has upheld the right of the Turkish politician Dogu Perincek to deny the Armenian genocide. It's a bad decision with dangerous implications.
In Russia, the number of state treason cases is rising. Secret service tactics mean we know less and less about who is under investigation. Русский
