Human Rights

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  Human Rights

  2023-05-23

  Tajikistan repatriates more citizens from Syria amid increased violence inside camps

  Tajikistan has stepped up its efforts to take back its nationals from amid ongoing violence linked to extremists inside the camps and reports that IS has been recruiting youth.

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  Human Rights

  2023-05-11

  Uzbekistan exonerates over 200 of Stalin's victims

  Uzbek authorities and historians are working to tell the story of each person who suffered and was subsequently exonerated. Kremlin media outlets label such as activity as 'anti-Russian' acts.

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  Human Rights

  2023-05-04

  Tajikistan prepares to repatriate citizens being held in Syria, Iraq

  Wives and children of Tajik militants who were killed in the Mideast have been languishing in camps or prisons for years.

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  Human Rights

  2023-04-24

  Online draft notices and closed borders: Russia turns citizens into military 'serfs'

  Russian authorities are closing loopholes that have enabled men to dodge the draft as huge losses mount on the frontlines in Ukraine.

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  Human Rights

  2023-04-17

  Russian officials propose fining migrant workers with poor language skills

  The proposal is the latest twist in public anti-immigrant xenophobia, say observers, as migrants would be fined according to a point system on their mastery of the Russian language.

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  Human Rights

  2023-04-17

  Vladimir Putin's critics: dead, jailed, exiled

  Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza joins a long list of Kremlin critics who have received long jail terms, been killed, narrowly escaped death or been exiled.

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  Human Rights

  2023-04-11

  Russian soldiers who want to surrender reach out to Ukraine en masse

  Disillusioned Russian conscripts who see voluntary surrender as their best option are reaching out to the Ukrainian authorities for help. The 'I Want to Live' hotline is taking about 80 calls a day.

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  Human Rights

  2023-03-29

  Russians decry expanding mass graves of Wagner 'bandits' across country

  A resort is no place for a mass grave of fighters, says the mayor of Goryachiy Klyuch. Other 'hidden' cemeteries for Wagner mercenaries have sprung up in different parts of Russia.

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  Human Rights

  2023-03-28

  Far from home, Russians abroad step up to help Ukrainians

  A new wave of Russian emigrés is trying to atone for their country's guilt toward a people resisting uninvited 'Liberators from the East'.

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  Human Rights

  2023-03-13

  Russian slide toward authoritarianism quickens amid stalled invasion

  Analysts are drawing comparisons to North Korea's repressive government and society, and warning that the Kremlin's growing authoritarianism will spur an exodus of progressive young Russians.