Tamara Grigoryeva is a human rights defender and journalist in Washington, DC with a focus on Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
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Published in: oDRChechnya LGBT crisis 2.0: what questions we need to be asking
New reports of mass arrests, torture and murder of LGBT people in Chechnya remind us that accountability is...
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Published in: oDRInjustice for all: how Azerbaijan’s bar association was reduced to tatters
A strong and independent legal community is the most significant obstacle to the arbitrariness of authoritarian rule.
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Published in: oDRThe media who cried wolf: how Eurasia’s autocracies use media for crisis management
Eurasian governments’ use of journalism for crisis agenda management erodes trust in media.
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Published in: oDRImpatient dictators: how snap elections shore up authoritarianism in Eurasia
Authoritarian states are using all-too familiar constitutional mechanisms to consolidate power.
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Published in: oDRCompassion fatigue: what happens in Eurasia when the world looks away
In Eurasia’s less geopolitically significant countries, democracy advocates are struggling to keep their priorities...
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Published in: oDRAzerbaijani mafia in the heart of Europe?
An apparent clash between Azerbaijani organised crime groups in southern France raises questions around EU...