For children with disabilities in Russia the state is a harsh parent.
On 14 September, voters in Samara Region were able to vote for their governor, for the first time in many years – an electoral show choreographed by United Russia. На русском языке
Developments in Kenya show what happens when “counter-terrorist” police and other security forces are not subject to public accountability.
There is anxiety in Odessa that Putin’s ambitions may reach as far as this Ukrainian city on the Black Sea.
Four Crimean residents are facing up to 20 years in prison for protesting against the Russian annexation of the peninsula.
A young Guinean woman has become the sixth victim in three years of ‘inhuman and degrading treatment’ in UK immigration detention, with the High Court ruling that detention explicitly caused the disintegration of her mental health.
Some 5000 people have fled to Samara, from the fighting in Ukraine, but many say they have been victims of Kremlin propaganda.
Too often for foreign national prisoners in Britain, the completion of a prison sentence is followed by a period of limbo behind a new set of bars while the state works out what to do next. Labelled 'undeserving', they are largely invisible.
Many Egyptians are smarting from the betrayal of their revolution while the military-backed regime tightens its grip. The international community can no longer ignore this.
The ‘Silk Highway’ will connect Western Europe with China, no matter what the locals think.
A catalogue of sexual violence has accompanied the armed conflict in Colombia. The peace talks must not brush it under the carpet.
Life in Slovyansk is no picnic. Now election candidates think votes can be bought with food parcels. На русском языке
