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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe tentacles of autocratic regimes: the case of Egypt
The process of repression is outsourced to the citizenry who indirectly secure absolute power for the regime. It is...
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Published in: oDRIgor Yasin: “If there’s no freedom of assembly for LGBT, there’s none for anyone else”
Russian activist Igor Yasin on attitudes towards LGBT in Russia’s regions, why the opposition has a homophobia...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThis is why we fight: Interview with Isabel Flota Ayala
AWID spoke with Isabel Flota Ayala, an indigenous activist from the International Indigenous Women’s Fund (IIWF)...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe New Left Agenda of Human Rights in Latin America: Which Rights Matter?
The resurgence of socio-economic claims and a greater emphasis on cultural rights have created a more diffuse and...
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Published in: oDRA birthday in the Urals
Oleksandr Kolchenko, a Crimean anarchist, is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence in Russia. There’s much to...
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Published in: oDRThe Chechen watcher
Hundreds of desperate Chechen refugees are still stranded on the Belarusian border, waiting to enter the EU. Many...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia‘We need to talk’ about Sisi’s twisted take on human rights
No one is keeping the Egyptian government from “fighting terrorism.” But Sisi’s rhetoric on the “right to combat”...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s “foreign agents” law is bankrupting campaigners and activists
Ruinous fines levied against Russian NGO heads are destroying the civil sector and pushing campaigners to the brink...
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Published in: oDR“Ukraine’s veterans don’t need sympathy, they need dignity”
Ukraine needs a public conversation about its veterans.
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Published in: oDRPyotr Ryabov: “Prison is the ideal model for the state”
Russian anarchist writer Pyotr Ryabov was recently imprisoned and deported from Belarus. I asked him about freedom...
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Published in: oDRSyrian refugees in Russia have to fight for their rights
Syrian citizens are fleeing from their war-torn homeland, and some of them have chosen Russia as their country of...
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s opposition protest: not quite a Maidan, not yet a movement
As the opposition splinters, the line between protest and destabilisation grows thinner in Ukrainian minds.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe anti-Islamist campaign and Arab democracy
Egyptians, Libyans, Tunisians, and other Arabs deserve better than to be told that they must choose between...
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Published in: oDRPeace-building versus human rights in Ukraine’s Donbas
Diplomatic games are being played in and around Ukraine. But officially recognising a Russian invasion is the only...
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Published in: oDRVictim of Chechnya’s anti-LGBT purge seeks justice
But will the Russian authorities deliver on their pledges to Investigate?
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Published in: oDRHow to hide evidence of torture inside Russia’s prison system
In Russia, law enforcement quickly puts pressure on prisoners who come forward about torture inside the prison system. RU
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Published in: oDRAfgan Mukhtarli: after the abduction
My husband was kidnapped on the streets of Tbilisi and ended up in an Azerbaijani jail cell. Four months on, I’ve...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBrother, where art thou? Libya, spaces of violence and the diffusion of knowledge
The decreasing number of migrants arriving on Italian shores does not mean that the people stopped fleeing...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHuman Rights Council condemns reprisals amidst unprecedented rate of cases in MENA region
One can only wonder how the HRC can maintain its credibility while its member states are actively working against...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPain, torture and alienation
Due to Egypt’s dire political and economic situation, pain and alienation are bound to be a feature of the lives of...