Coming Out in Gagauzia’s Conservative Society
“Living life with a constant feeling of fear; this is what you have to get used to here if you are gay.”
“Living life with a constant feeling of fear; this is what you have to get used to here if you are gay.”
The recent escalation caught many by surprise, emboldening voices among the political opposition.
“To understand what's happening, you have to multiply Bucha and Irpin and Borodyanka a hundred times.”
“We felt a terrible sense of guilt that we were safe, and there were people left in danger.”
Eyewitnesses tell how President Karimov’s soldiers finished off the injured as they lay bleeding, and then concealed the corpses.
Two old colleagues bridge Macedonia's ethnic divide to engage in a frank dialogue, and find that peace is possible - just.
Tbilisi continues to dream, but membership remains a long way off.
Over 100 people died in renewed violence along the border in September 2022 as long-standing issues remain unresolved.
A new decree requires citizens to renew passports in-country, putting exiled government critics at risk.
Russia remains cautious as Azerbaijan’s block of the region’s only gateway drags into its ninth month.