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Published in: oDR“We don’t want to be invisible”: the meaning of Azerbaijan’s LGBT purgeIn late September Azerbaijan’s police rounded up and detained dozens of LGBT people. What explains this sudden crackdown?
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Published in: oDRA response to “Georgian land, Georgian freedom”We recently published an article arguing in favour of Georgia’s proposed ban on selling agricultural land to foreign...
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Published in: oDRStopping the spin from Azerbaijan’s very special laundromatWe all know about Baku’s international efforts to whitewash criticism of human rights abuses. What makes these...
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Published in: oDRArmenia’s parents dream of having sonsArmenia still has one of the world’s highest rates of sex-selective abortions. Here are the mothers’ stories.
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Published in: oDRGeorgia’s highlanders against hydropowerAs the Georgian government moves ahead with its plans for increasing the country’s hydropower capacity, local...
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Published in: oDRIn Chechnya, a ruthless strongman orders family reunificationRamzan Kadyrov wants to reunite Chechnya’s divorced couples. His initiative could only put already vulnerable women...
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Published in: oDRNeither here, nor there: Georgian refugees from AbkhaziaTwenty five years have passed since the war in Abkhazia, but ethnic Georgian refugees from the breakaway territory...
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Published in: oDRMayor or manager? Tbilisi chooses its kingpinHere in Tbilisi, we’re preparing for mayoral elections in October. The race will be heated, but can the role...
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Published in: oDRMeet the women affected by Abkhazia’s abortion banA year and a half ago, the authorities in Abkhazia banned abortions in nearly all circumstances. These women have...
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Published in: oDRThe burning land of Lenin-AulIn a remote corner of Dagestan, a vicious land dispute has erupted between Avars and Chechens. RU
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Published in: oDRInside Ingushetia’s anti-extremism centre: torture, extortion, murderRussia’s anti-extremism centres are notorious for their brutal torture. Here are the stories of its victims in...
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Published in: oDRArmenia and Azerbaijan’s collision course over Nagorno-KarabakhSound principles for conflict resolution over Nagorno-Karabakh exist. But mistrust, a gulf between mediators and the...
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Published in: oDRTurkey’s fight against Gülen in the South CaucasusThe Turkish authorities’ fight against real and imagined enemies in the Gülen movement has now reached Azerbaijan...
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Published in: oDRA transgender life in ChechnyaAs reports of purges of gay men surfaced, Chechnya recently made international headlines. A transgender woman, now...
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Published in: oDRWalking free in AzerbaijanIt’s easy to celebrate when Azerbaijan’s political prisoners are released. But ensnared by public stigma and...
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Published in: oDRDo you speak Mingrelian?A major language in western Georgia could struggle for survival – because it’s not considered one.
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Published in: oDRA culinary conflict in the South CaucasusHow national cuisines became yet another battlefield in the enmity between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Русский
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Published in: oDRGeorgia’s Russian cipherWhat can the politics of ethnic Russians in Georgia tell us about the country’s attempt to build a truly civic...
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Published in: oDRThe inequality of women keeps the North Caucasus vulnerableCorruption, violence and underdevelopment still plague Russia’s North Caucasus. By empowering women, the Russian...
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Published in: oDRIn Armenia, the frontline starts at schoolThe conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh is no closer to resolution. But in Armenia, a few teachers are encouraging their...
