Russian human rights activists routinely put themselves in danger’s way, but are largely unappreciated and...

The second week of December promises to be highly symbolic for all those interested in human rights in Russia. Today...

The presidential election in December is unlikely to usher in a new president, young people feel no link to their...

Russia is deep in reflection about a mass murder that left twelve dead. For Andrei Konchalovsky, the most shocking...

When a professor and police colonel were arrested and charged for printing a book in memory of the victims of...

Kazakhstan’s 2010 chairmanship of the OSCE has not passed without controversy. Reforms promised at the beginning of...

Is the December presidential election going to be more of the same? Lukashenka has been president for 16 years, but...

On Thursday evening, prominent TV journalist Leonid Parfyonov broke with the etiquette of live award ceremonies, and...

The traces of optimism that had surrounded Burma’s first notionally democratic experience for two decades vanish on...

The Ethiopian government’s political use of international humanitarian aid is a test of donors’ commitment to...

Russia’s summer of the wildfires brought about a change in society, says Andrei Loshak. Previously the only possible...

“If you want to build a ship, don’t gather your people and ask them to provide wood, prepare tools, assign tasks....

International human rights law is not a sufficient basis for responding to religious fundamentalism. Fundamentalisms...

Irina Teplinskaya was born with every advantage. But when she started taking drugs, there was no effective help to...

Subsidised articles and broadcasts spin the official line and the erosion of media freedom is gathering speed in...

In Russia drug addicts are seen as scum: the sooner they die, the better. In this second part of her story Irina...

From the authoritarian’s perspective, internal dissidents are easy to deal with – put them in jail, have them...

In the wake of the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, many Native Americans adopted...

Sahrawis have engaged in protests, strikes, cultural celebrations, and other forms of civil resistance focused on...

People power does not lend itself to the geo-strategic interests of empires or warlords, since it is based on...