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Interview

Syrian Rights Lawyer Defies Regime

Damascus activist speaks of her life on the run from the regime and describes the crackdown on protesters.

First Person

Arab Spring Inspires Palestinian Protesters

New impetus given to non-violent campaign against Israeli occupation.

Interview

Troops Occupy Damascus Suburbs

Army’s attempts to paralyse neighbourhoods reflects regime’s fear of protests spreading.

Iraqis' Mixed Emotions Over Bin Laden's Death

Al-Qaeda leader is not thought to have ever set foot in the country, but it became one of his main battlegrounds.

Editorial Comment

Arab Spring Brings Palestinian Unity

Long-delayed deal spurred by tumultuous political changes elsewhere in the region.

Iraq: Feb/Mar '11 Part II

IWPR human rights conference links journalists, activists, lawyers and officials.

First Person

Bahraini Hunger Striker Speaks of Motives

Activist says her protest was intended to draw attention to authorities’ crackdown and the fate of detained family members.

Interview

Egyptian Parties Raise Their Voices

Religious and secular parties begin manoeuvring ahead of national elections later this year.

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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