When Ján Kuciak was murdered on February 21, 2018, along with his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, an entire network leapt into action to expose their killers and continue the reporting he… Read more »
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and Foreign Policy magazine host a virtual discussion on “Corruption and Democratic Decay.” Speakers: Miranda Patrucic, deputy editor in chief for Central Asia… Read more »
Catalan’s separatist leaders offered to recognize Russia’s claim to Crimea in exchange for Kremlin support for their independence movement and, according to a Spanish police report, they have censored their… Read more »
🇧🇾 #Belarus witnesses an unprecedented #HumanRights crisis over the past year, with massive human rights violations. UN expert Anaïs Marin calls on authorities to end policy of repression and to… Read more »
Kyrgyzstan’s President Sooronbay Jeenbekov announced Tuesday that he plans to ask Parliament for a new vote on their prime minister nominee, Reuters reports [HT: Cipher Brief]: The move could be… Read more »
The psychiatric abuse of dissidents widely practiced in the Soviet Union continues as a tool of political repression in Azerbaijan, according to a leading civil society group. Azerbaijan is “reviving… Read more »