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Georgia: Russian Border Opening Plan Under Scrutiny

Mixed motives seen in proposed move to end three-year frontier closure.

Azerbaijan: Ethnic Azeri Immigrants in Rights Struggle

They say the country’s immigration law makes it hard for them to gain permanent residence permits.

Erbil Citadel Set for Major Renovation

Is Second Round Possible?

Election commission officials call for second round of voting, but time, weather, and security are against them.

Fear Chokes Nasiriya's Song

Iraq’s city of singers silenced by edicts and threats against secular music.

Ex-Erbil Citadel Residents Bemoan Relocation

Many of 800 families moved to preserve ancient site bitter about their transfer and claim they were inadequately compensated.

Art Students Barred From Drawing Life Models

Audio slideshow produced during an IWPR workshop for young Syrian journalists held in Damascus, November 2009.

Gays and Lesbians Battle Discrimination

Law and society treat homosexuals as criminals, outcasts or mentally ill.

Afghans Fear Insurgent Infiltration Across Iran Border

Some officials say Herat frontier checkpoint giving Taleban a backdoor into Afghanistan.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

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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