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Prison Probe Exposes Abuses

Local commanders in Afghan provinces are pressuring judges to imprison people on trumped-up charges.

Carpet Industry Looks to Revival

Rug weavers and merchants display their wares at northern fair, but admit they have some way to go to recover market position at home and abroad.

Old Faces for Karzai's New Cabinet?

Some observers worry that the newly-elected president will include former regional commanders in his new government.

Women Run Huge Risks Seeking Abortions

Ending a pregnancy is strictly illegal, but the shame of bearing a child out of wedlock drives many to take the risk.

Drug Use Increasing Among the Young

A nation better known for supplying narcotics to the world market is discovering it has an increasing drugs problem in its own back yard.

Moscow, Tbilisi Clash Over Bases

Talks are bogged down on the closure date of two Russian bases on Georgian soil.

Feature: War Crimes Probes Proliferate

IWPR provides a roundup of the growing number of war crimes investigations around the world.

Feature: Cassese Reflects on Hague's Troubled History

Ten years after it came into being, the tribunal's first president pays tribute to those who championed its cause.

Analysis: New Court Dogged by Uncertainty

The ICC has several hurdles to overcome before it sets its sights on bringing war criminals to justice.

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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