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Publishers Hit by Government Curbs

Book sales plunge in wake of recent government restrictions on literature.

Syrian Kurds Step Up Protests

Minority complains that rights are trampled on.

Editorial Comment

Why Turkey Should Confront its Past

Trendy Teahouses Strain Baghdad Traditions

Swanky TVs, soft drinks and exotic tobacco lure a young, mixed crowd to new-look cafes.

Saudi Breakthrough

Syrians look for peace, trade with Saudi help.

Zurich Ceremony Baffles Armenians

Live TV feed interrupted by Armenia v Spain football game, as last minute hitches delay signing of historic deal with Turkey.

Stills from episodes of IWPR's human rights TV Magazine.

Iraq Team Promote Human Rights on TV

From Celebration to Suspicion

Mixed reaction in Tehran to Geneva nuclear talks.

Heratis Mourn Rebel Commander

But government says Herat now safer after death of Ghulam Yahya Akbari in fight with Afghan and foreign troops.

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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