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Women journalists working in the Turkish media face multiple challenges, including prejudice, exclusion and harassment. © Burak Kara/Getty Images

Turkey: “Media Can Show Solutions”

How newsrooms need to organise to boost gender equality.

28 Nov 24

A large demonstration held on October 28 in front of Georgia's parliament where four opposition parties called for a repeat election, accusing Georgian Dream of election fraud. © IWPR

Georgia’s Post-Election Perils

Protests continue against validity of electoral win that risks diverting country’s pro-European path.

14 Nov 24

President of Moldova Maia Sandu. © Carl Court/Getty Images

What Next for Moldova?

Country’s European trajectory may depend on healing internal discord and ensuring public trust in the electoral process.

8 Nov 24

A European Union inspired mural in Chisinau, Moldova. © Andreea Campeanu/Getty Images

Moldova’s High Stakes Elections

Pivotal votes will decide whether the country continues on the path of European integration - or chooses closer relations with Russia.

14 Oct 24

Residential buildings in a flooded area on June 8, 2023 in Kherson, Ukraine. Early Tuesday, the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power plant, which sits on the Dnipro river in the southern Kherson region, was destroyed, forcing downstream communities to evacuate due to the risk of flooding. © Alex Babenko/Getty Images

A War Crime Against the Environment

Could the destruction of the Kakhovka dam be prosecuted by the ICC?

31 Jul 24

Crimea, an internationally recognised Ukrainian territory with special status, was annexed by the Russian Federation on March 18, 2014. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Russia guilty of systematic violations of human rights in Ukraine’s occupied Crimean peninsula. © Alexander Aksakov/Getty Images

Landmark European Ruling Over Crimea Offers Fresh Hope

Decision by top European court provides basis for resolving hundreds of individual Ukrainian cases.

23 Jul 24

Security Service of Ukraine served notice of suspicion to Russian propagandist Mardan who called for repressions against Ukrainians. © SSU

Pursuing Russian Propagandists

Activist groups want arrest warrants issued for key figures inciting hatred against Ukrainians in the Russian media.

16 Jul 24

The Council of Europe has started the process of creating a Special Tribunal to try the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine. © Sergey Guneev - Host Photo Agency via Getty Images

Can the Council of Europe Create A Tribunal for Putin?

Ukrainian human rights defender argues this could be the platform on which the prosecution for the crime of aggression can be built.

9 Jul 24

A row of destroyed apartment blocks in Mariupol.

Russia’s Weaponisation of Starvation in Mariupol

Civilians deprived of health care, food, and water in what may constitute a war crime.

2 Jul 24

National guard special operations soldier checks the ruins of a building previously used as a local headquarters by Russian occupying forces during a search for evidence of war crimes by police investigators, on October 14, 2022 in Vyshneve, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images

Investigating War Crimes Under Daily Attack

In Kharkhiv region, constant shelling of the border territories is a significant obstacle to inspecting incident scenes and collecting evidence.

25 Jun 24

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