Ukraine: Family Escaped Threats From “Intoxicated” Soldiers

Victim told Russian troops would arrange a "safari with her children in the garden" if she did not submit to sexual violence.

A man clears debris in a building damaged during a Russian drone attack on May 28, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Over 40 drones were shot down over the capital Kyiv, with at least one person killed, and another injured. It was Russia's biggest air attack on Kyiv since the beginning of the war. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

Interview

Sanctions on Russia and Reparations for Ukraine

An effective compensation scheme could serve as a key justice mechanism and prevent further violations of the world order.

In recent months, Central Asian migrants have increasingly suffered at the hands of the Russian state. © Carsten Koall/Getty Images

Pressure on Central Asian Migrants in Russia Grows

Reports suggest that authorities are forcing workers to choose between deportation or fighting in Ukraine.

Meeting at the Irpin city court of the Kyiv region, July 17, 2023. © Iryna Domashchenko

Courtside

Ukraine: "Human Shield" Trial Proceeds

Local residents forced into basements while soldiers moved into their apartments.

Ukraine Justice Briefing

Tuesday, 25 July ‘23

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

In Aktau, the capital of Kazakstan’s western Mangystau region, the Caspian Sea has receded dozens of metres away from the city and kilometres away from the northern coast. © Talgat Umarov

Kazakstan’s Alarm as Caspian Sea Shrinks

Islands have appeared in the world’s largest inland body of water, heightening concerns about its future.

The prosecutor and the panel of judges examining written evidence in the Kyiv-Svyatoshinsky district courtroom, Ukraine. © Iryna Domashchenko

Courtside

Ukraine: "There Was No One to Save"

Surveillance video footage recorded how victims were gunned down and the looting that followed.

Ukraine Justice Briefing

Tuesday, 18 July ‘23

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

Seven grader Elizaveta Chernioglo reads a book in Gagauz at her home in Comrat, the administrative centre of Moldova's autonomous region of Gagauzia. The language struggles for popularity among young Gaguzians who largely speak Russian. © Piotr Garciu

Moldova: Gagauz Language Lags Behind Russian

Numbers of speakers in the country’s autonomous region of Gagauzia are dwindling.

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.