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Feared Iranian Prosecutor Falls From Grace

Saeed Mortazavi’s long career as prosecutor of dissidents founders amid mounting anger at mistreatment of post-election protesters.

Iraq's Dwindling NGO Sector

Most organisations set up after 2003 have ceased to operate, blaming lack of funding and support.

Stock Market Growing Despite Doubts

Video produced during an IWPR workshop for young Syrian journalists held in Beirut, February 2010.

Iraqis Divided Over US Troop Exit

Views of American withdrawal coloured by political party allegiances.

Satellite TV Dramas Take Iran by Storm

Farsi1 television is pure entertainment, but Iranian officials aren't amused.

Iraq Attacks Highlight Fragile Security

Violence expected to continue as US troops withdraw and as long as political stalemate remains unresolved.

Editorial Comment

Iraq After US Withdrawal – End of Era or New Beginning?

Time for Iraqi leaders to take steps to prevent regional players moving in to further their own agendas.

Iraqi Sunni Militia Fighters "Neglected"

Baghdad denies government-backed Awakening Council members are going unpaid and likely to defect to al-Qaeda.

Dying Art of Karbala's Shroud-Makers

Sales of mass-produced stenciled coverings outstrip traditional, hand-inscribed ones.

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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