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The persecution of Kamil Ruziyev drew attention to the impunity enjoyed by law enforcement.

Rodney Dixon, lawyer for victims of Chinese repression in Xinjiang, speaks with Eurasianet about seeking justice at the International Criminal Court and how Central Asian countries are vulnerable.

The 20-year-old informant for Russia’s security services was sent to Tbilisi to report on the many exiles here. Now, he says, he’s come clean.

The group said it was avenging an Azerbaijani woman who was "persecuted" by the authorities for writing a Shiite slogan on the wall of her home.

The country’s pro-Europe elite sees a millennia-old history of belonging to Europe. Will it matter for Georgia’s EU aspirations?

Law enforcement sources have said Dzhumagulov might have been plotting to wrest power from gangland leader Kamchybek Kolbayev.

The increases have reversed a demographic decline that the territory has seen since the pandemic and war with Azerbaijan.

The annual focus on Pride parades makes queerness a geopolitical issue. And that does not help Georgia’s LGBTQ community, which faces violence and economic marginalization.

The Chinese leader downplayed repression in the region, while hyping economic possibilities.

The first 10 families moved this week into a designated “smart village” in territory Azerbaijan retook during the 2020 war with Armenia.

Climate change and human activity threaten to drive the apple from its native soil by the end of the century, new research warns.

Political movements based on Shia Islam have faced an uphill battle, as both the government and mainstream opposition are devoted to a secular, pro-Turkic national narrative.

Locals say authorities are arbitrarily seizing their homes to make way for a road from China.

Officials have urged journalists to dwell more on positive stories.

Kamil Ruziyev took cases nobody else would and made plenty of enemies along the way.