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Published in: HomeThe non-reform of Pakistan's blasphemy laws tells a wider story about Zardari's failure to foster true democracyThe case of Aasia Bibi, a Christian farmhand who was sentenced to death in Pakistan, teaches us how difficult it is...
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Published in: oDRBringing Belarus in from the Cold
It is said that Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenka never misses an opportunity to surprise partners and foes...
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Published in: oDRThe Narkomfin building: life after Luzhkov?The Narkomfin building in central Moscow is an experimental masterpiece and testament to the spirit of a young...
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Published in: oDRHIV positive in Russia: where is our medication?openDemocracy Russia recently published the harrowing tale of a Russian drug-dependent woman Irina Teplinskaya, and...
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Published in: oDRMikhail Khodorkovsky: final trial speech
oDR is proud to publish Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s final speech at his trial, which belongs in the tradition of great...
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Published in: oDRBelarus: a most peculiar election (2)On Sunday, Belarus goes to the polls, ending an election cycle that saw all the usual assumptions turned on their...
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Published in: oDRThe Russian protest movement: why my optimism was misplacedJournalist Oleg Kashin was recently brutally beaten up. To ram the message home, the fingers on his writing hand...
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Published in: oDRMany problems, but one purpose: human rights in RussiaRussian human rights activists routinely put themselves in danger’s way, but are largely unappreciated and...
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Published in: oDROptimism of the will: defending human rights in RussiaThe second week of December promises to be highly symbolic for all those interested in human rights in Russia. Today...
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Published in: oDRNot quite a ray of sunshine: interview with Belarusian writer Uladzimier ArlouThe presidential election in December is unlikely to usher in a new president, young people feel no link to their...
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Published in: oDRRussia: land of the MobRussia is deep in reflection about a mass murder that left twelve dead. For Andrei Konchalovsky, the most shocking...
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Published in: oDRMemory incompatible: the Archangelsk affair continuesWhen a professor and police colonel were arrested and charged for printing a book in memory of the victims of...
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Published in: oDRDecapitated dogs and burning bureaus: the year Kazakhstan did democracyKazakhstan’s 2010 chairmanship of the OSCE has not passed without controversy. Reforms promised at the beginning of...
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Published in: oDRBelarus election: probably no change at the topIs the December presidential election going to be more of the same? Lukashenka has been president for 16 years, but...
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Published in: oDR"I'm no hero, but it's time to call a spade a spade" — Parfyonov
On Thursday evening, prominent TV journalist Leonid Parfyonov broke with the etiquette of live award ceremonies, and...
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Published in: HomeBurma’s elections: towards realistic hope
The traces of optimism that had surrounded Burma’s first notionally democratic experience for two decades vanish on...
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Published in: HomeEthiopia: the aid-politics trap
The Ethiopian government’s political use of international humanitarian aid is a test of donors’ commitment to...
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Published in: HomeParallel worlds: how connected Russians now live without the stateRussia’s summer of the wildfires brought about a change in society, says Andrei Loshak. Previously the only possible...
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Published in: HomeCivil resistance and the language of power
“If you want to build a ship, don’t gather your people and ask them to provide wood, prepare tools, assign tasks....
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Published in: 50.50Human rights, fundamentalism, power and prejudice
International human rights law is not a sufficient basis for responding to religious fundamentalism. Fundamentalisms...
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