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Civil Human Rights Front announced its disbandment on August 15, 2021

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Australia's iconic Kosciuszko National Park faces threats on two fronts

Economic development and wild horses pose major challenges

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24 August 2021

The evil of banal censorship

These censored images are mostly mundane. What's the problem here?

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24 August 2021

Venezuela and China: Strong bond or empty words?

Debt, sanctions and taxes put this South-South relation to the test

Written by Alessandra Soler

23 August 2021

Blogger gets prison sentence for branding Kazakhstan's language policies “russophobic”

Kazakhstan's history with Russian language and ethnic Russians is complicated

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23 August 2021

Kanal Istanbul, Turkey's Middle Corridor, and the Belt and Road Initiative

Turkey views the Middle Corridor as complementary to China’s BRI

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23 August 2021

More independent media added to Russia's “foreign agent” roster

Dozhd and iStories join a host of other media and NGOs

Written by Tanya Lokot

20 August 2021

With attacks on Ukrainian activists on the rise, civic pressure is key to ensuring justice

Hanna Belovolchenko explores why crimes against Ukrainian activists are escalating

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20 August 2021

Chinese investments in Nigeria flourish on a Silk Road of corruption

Chinese entrepreneurs in Nigeria give bribes to advance their investments.

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

20 August 2021

Russian authorities declare independent election monitor Golos a “foreign agent”

Golos' work thwarted in advance of Russia's September parliamentary election

Written by Tanya Lokot

19 August 2021

Russia blames Azerbaijan for violating ceasefire

Moscow has previously hesitated to place blame for the conflict

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

19 August 2021

France's regional languages, patois, dialects: what was that again?

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Written by Laila Le Guen

Translated by Adam Long

19 August 2021

An eight-year-old boy is the youngest person ever accused of blasphemy in Pakistan’s history

The government dropped the charges after activist and media backlash

Written by Rai M Azlan

19 August 2021

After Dutch Literary Prize winner says Suriname ‘needed’ former president Bouterse, organisers cancel her award ceremony

Astrid Roemer said the cancellation was 'a load off [her] mind'

Written by Fausia S. Abdul

19 August 2021

What’s wrong with the political analogy comparing Taiwan to Afghanistan?

The analogy spreads self-defeating sentiments and questions US-Taiwan ties

Written by Oiwan Lam

18 August 2021

Journalists call for the release of Cheng Lei who has spent a year in detention in China

She was a TV journalist in China before her arrest

Written by Mong Palatino

17 August 2021

How did Chinese propaganda force Hong Kong's largest teachers union to disband?

'Beijing can make ANY organization disappear by publishing a commentary'

Written by Oiwan Lam

17 August 2021

Supporting witnesses: First step towards ending impunity for war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Survivors must be able to testify free from intimidation and fear

Written by Balkan Diskurs

17 August 2021

Déjà vu as bauxite company pollutes an iconic Jamaican river, yet again

'This is a long-standing problem'

Written by Emma Lewis

17 August 2021

Dissecting the ‘win-win’ of Chinese investment in Greece

Business and labor representatives are not as enthusiastic as government officials

Written by Andreas Bloom

16 August 2021

China: Parents and teachers are divided amid crackdown on private tutoring

Some say the education sector has been scapegoated

Written by Oiwan Lam

16 August 2021

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