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Georgians in Abkhazia’s Gali district account for 98 per cent of the population. Yet, students struggle to study in their native language as authorities have imposed Russian as the language of instructions in all grades. © Monica Ellena/IWPR

Abkhazia: Erasing the Georgian language

Russian is now mandatory in all schools in Gali district.

The Manasyan brothers - Vigen, 46, and Arthur, 38 - get ready for the harvest. Most of their arable lands fell under Azerbaijani control in 2020, but they retain a small wheatfield near their house and tend vineyards for an owner who too scared to go there due to the proximity of Azerbaijan’s military posts. © Siranush Sargsyan/IWPR

Photo Essay

A Fearful Harvest in Karabakh’s Vineyards

Villagers in the Amaras valley vineyards pick grapes a few yards away from Azerbaijan’s military posts.

Digitally altered photo of a road sign that has been replaced with profanities directed at Russian forces. © The State Agency of Automobile Roads of Ukraine, ukravtodor.gov.ua

Laughing at Russia: Ukraine’s Secret Weapon

As well as buoying public spirits, humour has become a key element of the information war.

Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev votes in the the snap presidential election on November 20, 2022. © Official website of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Akorda.kz

Kazakstan: Same President, New Reforms?

The incumbent has promised change, but prospects for a more democratic system are not promising.

Russian military personnel at the post office in Mozyr, Belarus. © Screenshot from the video of the Telegram channel "Belarusian Haiun"

Court Report

Stolen Clothes, Gold and Scooters: Prosecuting Russian Looting

Sentences for robbery have already been handed done; many more are expected.

The graves of more than twenty men that were reportedly killed by Russian forces are seen at the Kherson city ceremony on November 20, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine. Ukrainian forces took control of Kherson last week, as well as swaths of its surrounding region, after Russia pulled its forces back to the other side of the Dnipro river. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Investigating War Crimes in Kherson

Legal changes called for to help meet the challenge of a flood of new incidents.

Ukraine Justice Briefing

Tuesday, 22 November ‘22

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

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Ukrainian official works on cataloguing some of the 58 bodies of civilians killed in and around Bucha before they are transported to the morgue at a cemetery on April 6, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Ukraine War Diary by A. Borden

The Horror of Bucha

Locals recount random, unaccountable violence against civilians in clear evidence of war crimes.

Despite being outlawed, young girls are still being subjected to FGM in southern parts of Nigeria. © Erick Gibson/Wikimedia

International Women's Day 2022

Nigeria: FGM Rises Amid Pandemic

Campaigners warn that lockdown left many girls and young women vulnerable to the practice.

Women break their fast in front of the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque on April 13, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Turkey: Women Demand Equal Treatment in Mosques

Activists fight traditions that exclude female worshippers from communal prayers.

Ukraine's New York: the Struggle for Change on the Frontline

The war confounds young people’s efforts to revitalise Ukraine’s embattled east and counter Russian propaganda.

Natalia Hersche in a courtroom in Minsk during sentencing, 1 Dec 2020.

International Women's Day 2022

Belarus: Life as a Political Prisoner

Freezing cold cells and long stretches in solitary confinement for those who defy the Lukashenko regime.

Analysis

Turkmenistan’s Transition of Power

President Berdymukhamedov has for decades carefully been preparing for his son to take over.