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Azeri Transexuals Face Social Stigma

Sex change just the first hurdle as society fails to accept gender reassignment.

Fear Grips Anbar After Bombings

Double bombing follows wave of assassinations targeting leaders in western Iraqi province.

Sunni Leader's Campaign Ban Sparks Anger

Prominent Sunni Arab is accused of having links to outlawed Baath party.

Syrian Airline Hit by US Sanctions

Trade ban dashes hopes of reviving national carrier to boost tourism.

Iraqi Press Get to Grips With Libel

Scores attend series of IWPR training sessions on media law and journalists’ rights.

Turkmen Human Rights for Energy Not a Fair Trade

West’s haste to engage with Turkmenistan and buy its gas risks sweeping human rights under the carpet, activists say.

Baghdad to Pursue Justice for Blackwater Victims

Iraqi government says American court’s dismissal of manslaughter case “unacceptable and unjust".

Government Concern About Islamic Courses Abroad

Tajikistan’s culture ministry plans to regulate the flow of students going abroad to study at Islamic colleges.

The Drug Courier Children of Herat

Traffickers target homeless kids from families who’ve fled violence in neighbouring provinces.

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The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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