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Matanat Azizova, head of the Women's Crisis Centre in Azerbaijan. (Photo: Samira Ahmedbeyli)

Azerbaijan's Women Endure Workplace Harassment

Stigma attached to complaining and inadequate legal provision means victims suffer in silence.

Carla del Ponte, former tribunal prosecutor. (Photo: Jean-Marc Ferré/UN Photo)

Briefly Noted

Karadzic Wants Del Ponte Probe

Defendant calls for investigation into former Hague prosecutor.

Nadezhda Ataeva, head of the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia. (Photo courtesy of N. Ataeva)

Interview

Fears Mount Over "Disappeared" Uzbek Journalist

As uniformed police shrug their shoulders, human rights defender says Sergei Naumov may have been seized by secret service.

Oinikhol Bobonazarova, the joint opposition candidate in the Tajik presidential election. (Photo: Galim Faskhutdinov)

Tajikistan: Many Candidates, No Pluralism

But why is the government so keen to crush opposition election chances?

Pamplet handed out to schoolchildren in Sabirabad, Azerbaijan. It shows President Ilham Aliyev by a monument to his late father Heydar Aliyev, who preceded him as head of state. (Photo: Azer Ismayil)

Bitterness as Azeri Election Race Begins

Law stipulates level playing field for all eight contenders, but there’s little doubt who is going to win.

Sergei Naumov. (Photo: IWPR)

Journalist Held Incommunicado in Uzbekistan

Official refusal to disclose Sergei Naumov’s location raises fears of ill-treatment.

Fire truck outside the Almaty market devastated by fire on September 13. (Photo: Alexandra Kazakova)

Traders Seek Compensation for Kazak Market Fire

Uninsured stallholders say they lost everything in devastating blaze.

Courtside

Croats Describe Wartime Persecution

Hadzic trial hears of curfews, deportations and mistreatment by Serb soldiers.

The Match

Serbs and Bosniaks play together on Srebrenica’s football team.

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

Interview

Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Journalists need training and support to properly cover war crimes trials.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

International Migrants Day

Ugandan Women Pay the Price of Exploitation

Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse, often returning with serious health conditions.

Ukraine War Diary by A. Borden

Harsh Victory at Position X

Commitment, sacrifice and luck secured a vital early win in the south-eastern campaign, but can Ukrainian forces press on?

Sevim Kaya has been a bus driver for 16 years.

Behind the Wheel in a Macho City

Some women face Adana's male-dominated traffic chaos for a living.

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

The Israel-Hamas Conflict

Interview: The War on Disinformation

Open source intelligence (OSINT) can provide facts – but impatient, angry audiences often prefer opinions.