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The author of this article, José Antonio Fornaris (left), with Cuban journalist Odelín Alfonso Torna at UNESCO's Let Journalism Thrive! event. Riga, May 2015. (Photo courtesy of Odelín Alfonso Torna)

No Freedom of the Press Under Either Castro

Press freedom cannot exist in a totalitarian system, and Cuba is no exception.

15 Nov 15

An Iraqi man walks down a main shopping boulevard December 22, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. © Chris Hondros/Getty Images

Return to Baghdad

Article from 2003 by the late Ammar Al Shahbander.

15 Oct 15

Ammar Al Shahbander. (Photo: IWPR)

Ammar Still Gives Hope to Many

He was a dreamer, but with perfect faith that his dreams could come true.

13 Oct 15

Kyrgyz Election: Same Again?

Many of the current legislators are likely to make it into the next parliament, even if they have shifted party allegiance.

25 Sep 15

Countering Radicalisation in Georgia

Virtually no efforts are taking place to counter violent extremism through civil society engagement in the country.

13 Jul 15

A family mourn over a coffin among 136 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in the hall at the Potocari cemetery and memorial near Srebrenica on July 9, 2015. (Photo: Matej Divizna/Getty Images)

Srebrenica: Remembrance and Denial

"Never again" does not mean much when divisions remain so deep.

10 Jul 15

Protesters covered the Uzbek embassy in London in red paint after the Andijan killings. May 17, 2005. (Photo: Bruno Vincent/Getty Images)

Andijan Remembered

After shooting down protesters in 2005, Uzbekistan’s government concluded that repression works, that historical truth can be suppressed, and that no one will really care in the long run.

13 May 15

Crimean Tatar TV Silenced

Russian authorities close ATR television station as arrests and searches continue.

1 Apr 15

Bosnia's parliament building in Sarajevo.

Bosnia: European Values Must Come from Within

A proper federal structure might rationalise an over-complex system of governance, but neither institutional change nor EU accession is enough to fix Bosnia's problems.

22 Dec 14