Civil Society

Alexandra Kuenning and Lukas Baake explore the role of Georgia's youth in the recent protests against the foreign agent draft law

Thijs Korsten and Viktoria Kobzeva put the spotlight on the arrest of Bakhtiyar Hajiyev and wider trends in Azerbaijani civil society

Alexandra West takes a look at Russia's latest amendment to their propaganda laws, a move which will have devastating consequences for the country’s LGBTI community. 

Cristina Coellen investigates how the EU's largest Armenian diaspora works to mobilise actionable support from France

Sydney Millar analyses the democratic backsliding in Kyrgyzstan following the pre-trial detention of opposition politicians and civil rights activists in response to a new border deal between [...]

Katherine Leung in an interview with the founders of the English Speaking Club, an immigrant-led volunteer-run English teaching organisation.

Charles Fourmi on how promoting plant-based diets could help mobilise climate action in Central Europe

Alexandra West writes about Southeast Europe's first-ever EuroPride, which against threats of being cancelled took place in September this year.

On 12 October Matúš Horváth and Juraj Vankulič were murdered outside one of Bratislava's few LGBTQI-friendly bars.

Sydney Millar on the recent exodus of Russian men to the Central Asian states as Vladimir Putin has announced partial mobilization for the war in Ukraine.