LGBTQI people remain easy targets in Kyrgyzstan, with nowhere to turn for recourse. But activists are fighting back.
In the aftermath of Kyrgyzstan's 2010 revolution, the country's Uzbek minority population has seen their position worsen — and Uzbek women have been marginalised most of all.
New legislation will hit independent and controversial cinema in Russia. The organisers of this LGBT film festival are going to keep on fighting for their right to speak on “forbidden” topics. RU
The Illuminator project showcases the human targets of Russia’s conservative turn. RU
You can’t always find a place for your child in Russia’s education system. Sometimes, you need to make one yourself. RU
Still angry at a new road tax collection system, Russia’s truck drivers have now been forced to register as a “foreign agent”. So they’re going on strike, again. RU
With replacement therapy now illegal, drug users in Russian-occupied Crimea and the self-proclaimed republics of the Donbas are finding it hard to survive. RU
If passed, Armenia’s draft law against domestic violence will only nurture patriarchy.
A proposed amendment to Georgia’s constitution would ban the sale of agricultural land to foreign citizens. Is it a necessary evil, or a hollow gesture?
A year and a half ago, the authorities in Abkhazia banned abortions in nearly all circumstances. These women have paid the price.
Here are the towns where it’s dangerous to be gay in Russia. A culture of silence and a law “against propaganda” are keeping them that way. Русский
Ukrainian society’s faith in simple answers could lead to the erosion of basic freedoms. RU
