Nagorny Karabakh’s Uncertain Future

Despite Baku’s messages of reassurance, many locals fear campaign of ethnic cleansing.

A building that was destroyed during battles at the start of Russia's full scale invasion, in Yahidne village in Chernihiv, Ukraine. © Ed Ram/Getty Images

Courtside

Yahidne: Court Hears Villagers’ Testimony

Nearly 400 civilians were crammed into a cellar and used as “human shields” by the Russian forces.

Local resident Oksana points to her apartment in a heavily damaged apartment building in Chernihiv, Ukraine. Chernihiv, northeast of Kyiv, was an early target of Russia's offensive and while they failed to capture the city, Russian forces battered large parts of Chernihiv and the surrounding region in their attempted advance toward the capital. © Alexey Furman/Getty Images

Interview

Justice Processes in Chernihiv

Pre-trial investigations are currently ongoing into some 250 war crimes proceedings.

Ukraine Justice Briefing

Tuesday, 26 September ‘23

This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.

Protesters carry the Nagorny Karabakh flag in central Yerevan after the region's armed forces were defeated by Azerbaijan's military operation of September 19. Thousands called on Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign over the debacle but there seems to be no real alternatives to his government. © Arshaluis Mgdesyan

Nagorny Karabakh Conflict Sparks Political Crisis in Armenia

Rallies called on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign, but the opposition provides no real alternative.

People on makeshift beds in a shelter in Stepanakert, Karabakh’s regional centre. “This is one of the city’s main shelters, it is considered to a safe place but safety is a relative concept… Many children from various areas of the city came here,” said IWPR contributor Siranush Sargsyan. © Siranush Sargsyan

“Yesterday We Struggled to Find Bread, Today We Are Struggling to Live”

Hundreds of people have been killed or injured and thousands displaced following Azerbaijan's military action.

Magomed Isayev, a Russian captain accused of cruel treatment of civilians during the occupation of Zhmiivka, a village in Kyiv region. © Still from a video by LUTIY 24

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Russian Captain on Trial for Cruel Treatment of Civilians

Villagers reported that the occupying forces hunted for young women to sexually assault.

Global Voices: Europe/Eurasia

THIS WEEK ON CABAR.ASIA

Highlights from IWPR’s Central Asia network of analysis and investigations

In Kyrgyzstan, authorities are moving to shut down the independent nonprofit Kloop Media Foundation in the latest action against independent journalism, while in Kazakstan an increasing number of people entrust, and lose, their money in schemes publicised as abiding by religious principles.

Elsewhere, an analysis digs into the different challenges that Afghan and Russian refugees face in Tajikistan.