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Published in: oDR: Feature‘It was very secret’: Uncovering wounds of forced labour in Uzbek cotton
Two Uzbeks who were subjected to forced labour as children open up about the country’s dark cotton production past
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Published in: oDR: NewsActivists targeted by Uzbekistan face ‘torture’ if deported from Kazakhstan
Activists have been released from detention but could be extradited after their refugee applications were rejected
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Published in: oDR: Interview‘We’ll still exist’: Kyrgyz investigative reporters defy officials’ threats
Independent media Kloop believes it’s being punished for investigating Barcelona FC’s new academy in Kyrgyzstan
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Published in: oDR: NewsFormer Radio Free Europe staff demand probe over ‘pro-Azerbaijan content’
Radio Azadliq, RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani service, is accused of mismanagement and bias after string of sackings
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Published in: oDR: FeatureTajikistan’s Pamiris: Persecuted, disappeared, and forgotten by the world
Pamiris are increasingly fleeing Tajikistan, fearing for their lives. But they risk being returned by hostile states
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Published in: oDR: Feature‘I have no fear and no hope’: Why Russians are returning to Russia
No work, no money, no right to stay, nostalgia – the reasons for returning are many, but life back home isn’t easy
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsTory MP Bob Stewart faces investigation over register of interests
The probe was launched days after openDemocracy revealed Bob Stewart had failed to declare a directorship
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisHow Kazakhstan’s rising utility prices could lead to more deadly violence
The government says price hikes are needed to fix crumbling infrastructure – but experts fear move will spark protests
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationTory MP hid directorship at defence firm while sitting on defence committee
Exclusive: Bob Stewart failed to declare role at a defence firm linked to a controversial Azerbaijani businessman
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Published in: oDR: FeatureDozens of truck drivers went on strike in Germany and won. Here’s how
Workers overcame language barriers to demand Lukaz Mazur’s haulage companies paid them what they were owed
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Published in: Home: OpinionCould Iran’s new nuclear bunker increase the risk of an Israeli attack?
If Israel keeps its far-right government and Trump returns, chances of an attack on Iran will increase
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisThe true toll of the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border conflict
Research by Human Rights Watch suggests Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan may be guilty of war crimes
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Published in: oDR: FeatureKyrgyzstan’s MPs put vital HIV funding at risk over ‘national traditions’
People living with HIV/AIDS said missing out on the $29m Global Fund grant would have “catastrophic consequences”
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisThe last Ismaili khalifa in the mountains of Tajikistan
The unique Pamiri culture is under threat as a brutal state crackdown targets religious leaders and practices
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Published in: oDR: FeatureKyrgyzstan was a safe haven for anti-war Russians. Then things got hostile
Russian opposition activists are threatened with expulsion from supposedly neutral Kyrgyzstan
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Published in: Home: OpinionCould Putin’s war crimes charges give ICC more authority over Western leaders?
OPINION: Comparisons between destruction in Iraq and Ukraine could boost the International Criminal Court’s...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionFood corporations paid shareholders $53.5bn while millions went hungry
OPINION: Without food sovereignty, private businesses will continue profiteering at the expense of the planet
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Published in: Home: NewsGrave reality of global violence against queer women and non-binary people
Governments need to take urgent action on funding and protection for LBQ+ movements across the world, says NGO
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Published in: 50.50: NewsSexual violence laws enable impunity in Eurasia, report finds
Equality Now is calling on Eurasian countries to amend sexual violence laws towards consent-based definitions
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Published in: oDR: FeatureWhat’s next for the Azerbaijani blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh?
An Azerbaijani journalist examines his government’s actions as the blockade of the disputed territory tightens