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Sunni Take Dim View of Shia Mass Weddings

Shia adoption of Iranian-style unions seen by Sunni as attack on Afghan culture.

Teachers Forced to Leave Jobs

Government gives no reason why teaching staff are being summarily dispatched to work as paper-pushers in distant locations.

Turkey Keeps Armenia Guessing Over Border Blockade

If Ankara is serious about putting relations with Yerevan onto a new footing, it will reopen the border crossings it closed in 1993.

Banned Rights Group Vows to Continue

Leading rights activist says decision to outlaw his organisation “entirely political”.

Relatives Marry Despite Risks to Children

Closely-related couples in Syria are choosing to marry even when blood tests detect genetic conditions.

Prison Breaks the Mould With Rehab Scheme

Programme unusual for a country where prison system is not noted for leniency.

Azeri Enclave Puts Lid on Dissenting Voices

Locals in isolated Nakichevan say authorities there have ways of ensuring complaints don’t reach Baku.

Syrian Rappers Find Their Voice

Young musicians are expressing themselves with their own take on rap and hip-hop.

Third Force in Kurdish Politics Mooted

Turmoil within PUK ranks may result in launch of new reform-minded coalition headed by leading dissident.

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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