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Circassians Press Genocide Claims

North Caucasian people say a historical crime against them has gone unremembered.

Honour Killing Sparks Fears of New Iraqi Conflict

The Yezidi minority has so far stayed well out of Iraq’s internecine battles, but violence with their Muslim neighbours has escalated following the murder of a girl who apparently converted to Islam.

Afghans Divided on Regional Integration

Membership of a South Asian economic grouping may not be all it is cracked up to be.

Caucasian Migrants' Struggle in Russia

Armenians and Azerbaijanis look for ways round new curbs on migrant workers, while Georgians take most of the heat.

Forcible Expulsions From Iran Put Pressure on Kabul

Legal refugees as well as illegal aliens are swept up and dumped on the Afghan border.

Energy Price Rise Rattles Georgia

Government blamed for not limiting steep increase in gas price.

Drugs Court Gets Mixed Reviews

The government’s attempt to fast-track drug offenders has secured some convictions, though some suspect the big players are too powerful to be caught.

Under the Veil - Choice or Coercion?

The wearing of the Hijab, or veil, a traditional Muslim custom, denounced as repressive by many, is being observed by increasing numbers of women in Iraq.

Cleaning up the Kura

The major river in the southern Caucasus seems to be everyone’s dumping ground.

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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