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Published in: 50.50: NewsGeorgia grants legal gender recognition to trans woman for first timeIn a historic first, the conservative country of Georgia granted an appeal by a trans woman to change her gender on...
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Published in: oDRIn Russia’s North Caucasus, an unprecedented, peaceful protestIn Ingushetia, people have come out to protest land transfer to neighbouring Chechya. For now, the Kremlin is listening.
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Published in: oDRWill the war in Russia’s North Caucasus ever end?Over the past 200 years, war and colonisation has defined Russia’s North Caucasus. But in a period of relative calm,...
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Published in: oDRThe Second Chechen War: Testimony of an EyewitnessChechen journalist Abdul Itslayev lived out the Second Chechen War in his native village. Against a backdrop of...
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Published in: oDRHidden motivations: a brutal attack on a Russian Orthodox Church in Chechnya leaves questions unansweredAllegations of a cover-up and improper qualification of an organised assault on an Orthodox Church in May this year...
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Published in: oDRA war for hearts and minds: how Georgian civil society is putting Abkhazia and South Ossetia back on the agendaAlmost 10 years on from the 2008 war, Georgian civil society – both informal and formal – is increasingly engaging...
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Published in: oDRMeet Atsamaz Khadikov, the man leading North Ossetia's quiet struggle for a non-toxic environmentRussia's North Caucasus region is famed for its landscapes and nature. But as this local doctor and activist tells...
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Published in: oDRHow real urban planning could address the demographic challenge in Russia’s North CaucasusAs new data shows, birth rates, migration and urban planning in Russia’s North Caucasus affect the region’s politics. RU
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Published in: oDRThe media who cried wolf: how Eurasia’s autocracies use media for crisis managementEurasian governments’ use of journalism for crisis agenda management erodes trust in media.
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Published in: oDRWomen’s rights in Russia's North Caucasus: between “national traditions” and “ordinary” murdersHow the Russian state authorities supports “national traditions” that infringe on the rights of women in the Caucasus. RU
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Published in: oDRHow Russian state pressure on regional languages is sparking civic activism in the North CaucasusNew legislation that makes studying minority languages voluntary in Russian schools comes as signs of decreasing...
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Published in: oDRSeventy years on, the Kumyk people in Dagestan are still fighting territorial claimsIn Russia's North Caucasus, wartime deportations influence the complex relations between ethnic groups to this day. RU
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Published in: oDRHow the Kremlin’s anti-corruption agenda masks federal control in the North CaucasusBut is there room for real political subjectivity between local and national corrupt power? RU
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Published in: oDRFeeling Yerevan’s pulse: the new media talking about Armenia’s blind spotsA year ago, the media platform EVN Report was founded to surface everyday concerns and what the media leaves behind....
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Published in: oDRNo defence in Chechnya: Oyub Titiyev and the grim future of human rights in Russia’s North CaucasusThe prosecution of a Chechen human rights campaigner is a landmark step in the systematic elimination of civil...
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Published in: oDRHow Ingushetia's independent media and opposition were harassed, exiled and murdered out of existenceTen years ago, the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia was undergoing a bloody security operation. Today, there’s...
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Published in: oDRNagorno-Karabakh’s militarised social democracyWith flat-rate taxes and sky-high growth rates, some call Nagorno-Karabakh a “Caucasian Tiger”. Meanwhile, money...
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Published in: oDRAfgan Mukhtarli: behind bars, but not forgottenThis fearless journalist was abducted from the streets of Tbilisi and wound up in an Azerbaijani jail cell. We need...
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Published in: oDRGeorgia: Strasbourg’s scrutiny of the misuse of powerA new European Court of Human Rights ruling on the misuse of power in Georgia creates an important precedent in...
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Published in: oDRThe paradox of Armenia’s domestic violence lawIf passed, Armenia’s draft law against domestic violence will only nurture patriarchy.
