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Circassians Recall Long-off War

Are Circassians losing their rights once again as they commemorate the anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War?

Nakhichevan: Disappointment and Secrecy

Although the ‘Nakhichevan clan’ continues to run Azerbaijan, their home region sees no benefits.

Ajaria: Tbilisi in Charge

Council of Europe attacked for alleged support of disgraced Ajarian leader as Georgian government tightens its grip on the region.

Azerbaijan Privatisation Row

The Azerbaijani government is defying international pressure to sell off the largest bank in the region.

Relentless Baku Building Boom

City residents watch in alarm as their skyline is transformed by developers with little regard for planning regulations.

The Slow Vanishing of the Abaza

Is it too late to save the culture and language of a North Caucasian minority?

Landmine Threat Haunts Azerbaijan

Almost ten years after the end of the Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan is still struggling to combat the landmine scourge.

Race Against Time for Circassian in Turkey

Can the North Caucasian diaspora in Turkey grasp an opportunity to revive their historic languages?

Karabakh Rejects Drug Claims

Allegation made to the UN that Nagorny Karabakh is used as narcotics route is angrily denied by the Armenians.

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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