OPINION: Comparisons between destruction in Iraq and Ukraine could boost the International Criminal Court’s...

OPINION: Without food sovereignty, private businesses will continue profiteering at the expense of the planet

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Governments need to take urgent action on funding and protection for LBQ+ movements across the world, says NGO

Equality Now is calling on Eurasian countries to amend sexual violence laws towards consent-based definitions

An Azerbaijani journalist examines his government’s actions as the blockade of the disputed territory tightens

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Presidential chief had energy official arrested without due process in efforts to tackle gas shortage, sources claim

A ‘New Kazakhstan’ was promised after last January’s deadly protests. It looks a lot like the old oligarchic order

‘Aurora’s Sunrise’ tells the forgotten true story of a teenage girl who survived the Armenian genocide of 1915

Hundreds of people reported having been tortured by law enforcement during Kazakhstan’s bloody January. But justice...

Ulfatkhonim Mamadshoeva was accused of conspiring against the state and tried behind closed doors

For too long, peacebuilding has been left to men, without any success, say activists on both sides of the conflict

The country, once considered Central Asia's most democratic, has seen a media and civic crackdown sparked by a...

For the first time in 30 years, Russians are heading to Central Asia rather than the other way around – to escape war

Russian citizenship is pragmatic for migrants from states like Tajikistan. But they may be dragged into Putin’s war

When the state can’t deal with crisis, people step up – inside and outside the country

Russians are leaving their country in droves to avoid being called-up to fight in Ukraine, heading for neighbouring...

Netflix has shown interest in films made in Kazakhstan, but the industry needs to win an audience at home too

OPINION: I’ve witnessed war, earthquakes, unrest, revolution and a pandemic. Now I’m packing my emergency bag again

Taliban-ruled Afghanistan’s new golden age of coal reveals a country that is going back to old-fashioned ways

Silk production is still a major part of the country’s economy – and women bear the brunt of this harsh work