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Published in: oDR: FeatureTajikistan’s Pamiris: Persecuted, disappeared, and forgotten by the world
Pamiris are increasingly fleeing Tajikistan, fearing for their lives. But they risk being returned by hostile states
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Published in: oDR: Feature‘I have no fear and no hope’: Why Russians are returning to Russia
No work, no money, no right to stay, nostalgia – the reasons for returning are many, but life back home isn’t easy
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsTory MP Bob Stewart faces investigation over register of interests
The probe was launched days after openDemocracy revealed Bob Stewart had failed to declare a directorship
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisHow Kazakhstan’s rising utility prices could lead to more deadly violence
The government says price hikes are needed to fix crumbling infrastructure – but experts fear move will spark protests
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationTory MP hid directorship at defence firm while sitting on defence committee
Exclusive: Bob Stewart failed to declare role at a defence firm linked to a controversial Azerbaijani businessman
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Published in: oDR: FeatureDozens of truck drivers went on strike in Germany and won. Here’s how
Workers overcame language barriers to demand Lukaz Mazur’s haulage companies paid them what they were owed
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Published in: Home: OpinionCould Iran’s new nuclear bunker increase the risk of an Israeli attack?
If Israel keeps its far-right government and Trump returns, chances of an attack on Iran will increase
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisThe true toll of the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border conflict
Research by Human Rights Watch suggests Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan may be guilty of war crimes
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Published in: oDR: FeatureKyrgyzstan’s MPs put vital HIV funding at risk over ‘national traditions’
People living with HIV/AIDS said missing out on the $29m Global Fund grant would have “catastrophic consequences”
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisThe last Ismaili khalifa in the mountains of Tajikistan
The unique Pamiri culture is under threat as a brutal state crackdown targets religious leaders and practices
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Published in: oDR: FeatureKyrgyzstan was a safe haven for anti-war Russians. Then things got hostile
Russian opposition activists are threatened with expulsion from supposedly neutral Kyrgyzstan
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Published in: Home: OpinionCould Putin’s war crimes charges give ICC more authority over Western leaders?
OPINION: Comparisons between destruction in Iraq and Ukraine could boost the International Criminal Court’s...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionFood corporations paid shareholders $53.5bn while millions went hungry
OPINION: Without food sovereignty, private businesses will continue profiteering at the expense of the planet
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Published in: Home: NewsGrave reality of global violence against queer women and non-binary people
Governments need to take urgent action on funding and protection for LBQ+ movements across the world, says NGO
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Published in: 50.50: NewsSexual violence laws enable impunity in Eurasia, report finds
Equality Now is calling on Eurasian countries to amend sexual violence laws towards consent-based definitions
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Published in: oDR: FeatureWhat’s next for the Azerbaijani blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh?
An Azerbaijani journalist examines his government’s actions as the blockade of the disputed territory tightens
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationUzbekistan’s energy crisis reveals authoritarian habits die hard
Presidential chief had energy official arrested without due process in efforts to tackle gas shortage, sources claim
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Published in: oDR: OpinionToo little has changed in Kazakhstan in the year since ‘Bloody January’
A ‘New Kazakhstan’ was promised after last January’s deadly protests. It looks a lot like the old oligarchic order
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureAnimated documentary film tells story of ‘Armenia’s Anne Frank’
‘Aurora’s Sunrise’ tells the forgotten true story of a teenage girl who survived the Armenian genocide of 1915
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Published in: oDR: FeatureNo justice for torture victims a year after Kazakhstan’s ‘Bloody January’
Hundreds of people reported having been tortured by law enforcement during Kazakhstan’s bloody January. But justice...