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Cease-Fire Called In Nagorno-Karabakh As Ethnic Armenians Agree To Discuss 'Reintegration'
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- Cease-Fire Called In Nagorno-Karabakh As Ethnic Armenians Agree To Discuss 'Reintegration'
- Date posted
- 17 hours ago
- Description
- Ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh say they have agreed to a Russian-brokered cease-fire after Azerbaijan launched a fresh offensive in the region. Under the terms of the deal, ethnic Armenians said they had agreed to discuss demilitarization and the region's reintegration into Azerbaijan.
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- Ukrainian Counteroffensive Liberates Village Bordering Donetsk Airport
- Date posted
- 17 hours ago
- Description
- Capitalizing on "any gaps in the enemy's defense," Ukrainian troops said on September 12 they were slowly but steadily reclaiming ground in their counteroffensive to Russia's invasion. The cost is high, they explain, because Russian artillery usually razes retaken villages to the ground.
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- Azerbaijan Launches Military Operation In Nagorno-Karabakh
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
- Description
- Azerbaijan on September 19 said it had launched an "anti-terrorist operation" in Nagorno-Karabakh following recent clashes and a monthslong blockade. The de facto human rights ombudsman in the ethnic Armenian-controlled Azerbaijani region said that two civilians had been killed and 23 wounded.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-military-operation-nagorno-karabakh-/32599913.html
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- Scuffles, Protests In Yerevan After Azerbaijan Attack In Karabakh
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- Protests broke out in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, after Azerbaijan launched a military assault on ethnic-Armenian inhabited areas of Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19. Angry crowds gathered outside government buildings, calling for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign, and clashed with police.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-yerevan-protests-pashinian/32599919.html
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- Ukrainian Boy With 80 Percent Burns Returns Home After More Than 30 Operations in Germany
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- An 8-year-old Ukraine boy who suffered burns to 80 percent of his body following an air strike has returned home after undergoing over 30 operations in Germany. Roman Oleksiv was injured and his mother was killed in a July 2022 Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsya
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-boy-burns-operations-russia-germany-/32599435.html
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- Thousands Of Ukrainian Civilians Reportedly Imprisoned By Russia
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- International monitoring organizations estimate thousands of Ukrainians have been illegally held prisoner and deported by Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022. Their families fight for scraps of information while witnesses recount civilian arrests.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-illegal-imprisoned-kidnap-detain-deport-russia-civilian-families/32598142.html
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- Ukraine’s Camo Queen Helps Protect Soldiers, Costly Weapon Systems From Russian Forces
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Ukrainians are making DIY camouflage nets that are being used to safeguard soldiers and conceal weapons systems. Many of them learned the craft from Olesia Koryahina, one of the founders who popularized the movement. She has helped lead a web of mainly female volunteers in masking Ukrainian forces.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-camouflage-war-women-volunteers-/32594304.html
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- International Rallies Mark The Death That Shook Iran
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- People worldwide rallied on September 16 to commemorate the first anniversary of a woman's death that sparked anti-government protests in Iran. Demonstrators in Washington, London, Paris, Berlin, and other cities chanted the name of Mahsa Amini who died in Iranian police custody a year ago.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-mahsa-amini-rallies/32596572.html
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- Pilgrims Welcome Jewish New Year In Ukraine
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- Thousands of Jewish pilgrims celebrated the Jewish New Year in Uman on September 15. The Ukrainian city is home to the grave of Rabbi Nachman, a key figure for the Hasidic movement in Judaism. Pilgrims from Israel and other countries have defied warnings about the risk of Russian air attacks.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-jewish-new-year/32595617.html
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- Defying War, Jewish Pilgrims Come To Ukraine For New Year
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Thousands of pilgrims from Israel and other countries arrived on September 14 in Uman, Ukraine, to mark the Jewish New Year. The city, south of Kyiv, is revered by the Hasidic movement in Judaism as the burial place of its co-founder, Rabbi Nachman.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-hasidic-jews-pilgrimage/32594845.html
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- Pakistan Reopens Afghan Border Gate
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Bustling traffic returned to Pakistan's Torkham checkpoint on September 15 as the crucial crossing on the border with Afghanistan reopened for trucks and pedestrians. Families with children and people seeking medical treatment entered Pakistan while others were returning to Afghanistan.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-afghanistan-border-gate/32594739.html
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- U.S. Diplomat Demands Humanitarian Aid 'Flow In' To Nagorno-Karabakh
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- A senior U.S. diplomat has told RFE/RL that humanitarian aid must be allowed to enter Nagorno-Karabakh, where Azerbaijan has been blockading supplies to areas populated by ethnic Armenians. Michael Carpenter, the U.S. ambassador to the OSCE, was speaking in Prague on September 15.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/us-armenia-azerbaijan-nagorno-karabakh-blockade/32594735.html
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- U.S. Diplomat: 'This Is Crunch Time' For Ukraine's Counter Offensive
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- A senior U.S. diplomat has told RFE/RL that it is "crunch time" for Ukraine's counter-offensive. Michael Carpenter, the U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), was speaking in Prague on September 15.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/us-ukraine-russia-osce-carpenter-zelenskiy-biden/32594715.html
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- Pakistani Police Detain Hundreds Of Afghan Citizens In Karachi
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Hundreds of Afghan citizens have been detained in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, most of them in the port city of Karachi, for allegedly not possessing legal residency documentation. But many Afghans complained they were held by police despite having the correct documents.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-police-detain-hundreds-afghan-citizens-karachi/32594514.html
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- Mahsa Amini: The Funeral That Sparked Nationwide Anti-Government Protests In Iran
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
- Description
- On September 17, 2022, thousands of people gathered in silence for the funeral of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman who had died in police custody. A year later, a family friend recalls the moment the crowds erupted in anger -- and the brutal police reaction. It was the beginning of nationwide protests.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-mahsa-amini-hijabs-protests/32592989.html
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- First-Person Firepower: Ukrainian Drone Unit Hunts Down Russian Armor
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- Remotely piloting fast, light FPV (or First-Person View) drones, a Ukrainian aerial attack unit has become adept at chasing down Russian targets. RFE/RL's Maryan Kushnir travels to the front with the operators who are hunting down enemy targets with increasing accuracy.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-drone-fpv-kushnir-donetsk-accuracy-russia-targets-remote/32591453.html
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- At Russian Space Center, Putin, Kim Hold Talks That West Suspects Could Focus On Arms
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks on September 13 with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who offered his country's "full and unconditional support" to defend what he said was Russia's security interests.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-kim-meeting-north-korea-/32590957.html
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- Hungary Cracks Down On Illegal Docks On Lake Balaton
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- Hungarian authorities have started to crack down on illegal docks of the shore of Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe. Some vacation-home owners say they have a right to reach the water from their backyards, but environmentalists say the docks do serious damage to the reedbeds.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-illegal-docks-lake-balaton-/32591117.html
- Title
- China And Russia Are Cooperating Intensely On How To Do Censorship
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- On the debut episode of the new season of the Talking China In Eurasia podcast, Andrei Soshnikov and Reid Standish explain their recent investigation based on exclusive documents showing how China and Russia are sharing tips, tactics, and expertise for how to censor the internet and stifle dissent. #russia #china #censorship #podcast
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- Explosions At Sevastopol Shipyard In Russian-Occupied Crimea
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- A large fire was reported at the Sevastopol shipyard in Russian-occupied Crimea on September 13 after what the Russian Defense Ministry said was a Ukrainian attack. Two ships were damaged in the strike that reportedly involved 10 missiles and three naval drones, according to Russian officials.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-sevastopol-explosions-russia-war-/32590866.html
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- Football For Freedom: Scoring A Victory For Kids In Wartime Ukraine
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
- Description
- Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine hasn't been able to break the spirit of the Vinnytsya Wolves, an American football club based some 250 kilometers southwest of Kyiv. Player and coach Yevhen Khomyn is teaching the sport to children, some of whom have fathers fighting in the Donbas region.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-football-freedom-kids-war-touchdown-/32561874.html
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- Deep Trenches 'Allow You To Walk Straight': Ukrainian Amputee Soldier Returns To Front Lines
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Ukrainian soldier Artem Kholodkevych says he had no interest in taking a safe desk job far from the front after losing his leg to a Russian mine. After five months of walking with a prosthetic limb, he can move around the defensive trenches his fellow soldiers live in with ease.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-amputee-return-frontline-trench-commander-rehab-digging-deep-dog/32587930.html
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- Roadside Bomb Targets Pakistani Security Personnel
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Pakistani authorities say a roadside bomb blast killed a security officer and wounded several people, including civilians, in the northwestern city of Peshawar. The improvised explosive device targeted a passing vehicle on September 11 belonging to a paramilitary corps.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-peshawar-taliban-attack/32587824.html
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- Reclined Endurance: Montenegrins Compete For Laziest Citizen
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- A group of laid-back Montenegrins are competing to see who is their country's laziest person. The challenge is to stay lying down for as long as possible.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/montenegro-lazy-competition/32587804.html
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- Talking China In Eurasia New Season On September 13 #podcast #china #eurasia #geopolitics #taliban
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Reid Standish's Talking China In Eurasia podcast is returning with a new season and a brand-new format on September 13. Be sure to subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google, so you don’t miss an episode.
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- LGBT Rights Supporters March In Belgrade
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- The annual LGBT Pride parade was held in the Serbian capital for the 11th time on September 9. Organizers said it was the most attended so far. Police cordoned off protesters waving symbols of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-lgbt-pride-parade/32586283.html
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- Beating Of Activist Puts Spotlight On Torture In Kazakh Prisons
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- A video of Kazakh prison guards beating civil rights activist Timur Danebayev has surfaced on social media, making waves in Kazakhstan. Authorities confirmed the video's authenticity and human rights attorneys have filed a complaint over the physical abuse of Danebayev and others in detention.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-prison-torture-dissident-danebayev-arrest-protest-lawsuit-state-violence-video/32584634.html
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- Kazakh Man Sentenced To Life In Prison, Castration For Murder Of Girl
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- The mother of a murdered 5-year-old girl broke down in a court in Kazakhstan on September 7 after a judge ruled that a suspect from the country's Turkestan region was guilty of her murder. Saidolim Gaibnazarov was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting and killing the child.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakh-man-sentenced-prison-castration-murder-girl-/32584378.html
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- Armenian Woman's Body In Limbo As Family Seeks Burial In Nagorno-Karabakh
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- The body of an Armenian woman has spent weeks in a refrigerated container as her relatives say they have been unable to return it to her native village in Nagorno-Karabakh amid an Azerbaijani blockade of the breakaway territory. Helen Dadayan, 20, died in a car crash in Armenia in August.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-azerbaijan-nagorno-karabakh-burial/32583943.html
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- Poles Rally Around Ukrainian Refugee Verbally Attacked In Krakow
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- An abusive Krakow street confrontation has sparked a viral video and an outcry against the bullying of Ukrainian refugees in Poland. When a Ukrainian mother and her children faced slurs, she recorded the exchange and put the video online. Hundreds of Poles expressed support for the refugee family.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-refugee-mother-bullying-attack-krakow-poland-video-online-donations-outcry/32582896.html
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- 'They Don't Care Where They Hit': Ukrainians React To Russian Missile Attack On Market
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- At least 17 people were killed and many others were wounded on September 6 when a Russian missile struck a busy market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka. RFE/RL correspondent Serhiy Horbatenko spoke to eyewitnesses at the scene of the attack.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russian-missile-attack-market-kostyantynivka/32582760.html
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- Croatia Looks To Export Ukrainian Grain Through Adriatic Port
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- After Russia withdrew from a grain-export deal with Ukraine in July, Croatia began to look at ways it could help get the harvest to international markets. Experts suggest the grain could travel from Ukraine along the Danube River to the Croatian city of Vukovar.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/croatia-export-ukraine-grain-adriatic-war-russia/32580965.html
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- Deadly Russian Missile Attack Hits Ukrainian City Of Kostyantynivka
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- At least 16 people were killed and many others wounded when a Russian missile struck a busy market in the Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka. The attack came hours after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-missile-attack-kostyantynivka/32581170.html
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- Digging Deeper: Well Builders Struggle To Supply Farmers Amid Central Asian Water Crisis
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- In the midst of a growing water crisis in Central Asia, Uzbek well diggers are forced to constantly go deeper to supply rural farmers. With water tables falling, diggers can no longer guarantee farmers they will find a reliable source of irrigation.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbek-wells-climate-farm-water-crisis-policy-digging-table-irrigation-misuse-resource/32579398.html
- Title
- Is Islamophobia on the rise in Montenegro? #montenegro #islamophobia
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- RFE/RL's Balkan service reported two attacks against Muslim women in Montenegro in less than a month. Are Islamophobia cases rising in the Balkan country? Check the full article here: https://www.rferl.org/a/montenegrin-beach-resorts-muslims-targeted/32547871.html
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- Subway Schools: Kharkiv Students Start Academic Year In Metro Stations
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- With the danger of ongoing Russian attacks, some students in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv started the academic year with classes located in metro stations. Following Russia's full-scale invasion, many Ukrainian schools switched to online learning.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russian-invasion-kharkiv-subway-schools/32579422.html
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- Protest In North Macedonia Over Allegations Of Theft, Selling Of Cancer Drugs
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Hundreds of people protested on September 4 in the capital of North Macedonia, Skopje, over allegations that patients at the state Oncology Clinic missed life-saving treatment because staff were stealing the expensive drugs to sell on the black market.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/north-macedonia-skopje-protest-health-care/32579177.html
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- Proposed Removal Of Soviet Army Monument In Bulgaria Sparks Protests
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- Despite protests, officials in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, vow to press ahead with plans to dismantle and move the capital's Monument to the Soviet Army.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/removal-soviet-army-monument-bulgaria-protests-russia/32577942.html
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- Ukrainian Oligarch Kolomoyskiy Arrested In Fraud, Money-Laundering Case
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- Influential Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoyskiy arrived at the Shevchenkivskyi District Court in Kyiv on September 2 as a suspect in a fraud and money-laundering case. The judge ordered the arrest of the billionaire and said he should be kept in pretrial detention for 60 days.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-oligarch-court-arrest/32576614.html
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- Bosnian Serb Protesters Wave Putin Portraits
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Rallies in support of two Bosnian Serb leaders took place at four different locations in Bosnia-Herzegovina on September 1. Protesters in East Sarajevo displayed portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The demonstrations decried federal charges against Milorad Dodik and Milos Lukic.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-russia-putin-protest/32575585.html
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- Soccer Builds Confidence, Skills For Ukrainian Veteran Amputees
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- Twice a week, Ukrainian veterans who have lost limbs in Russia's war on the country gather for soccer games on Kyiv fields. As they practice using their bodies in new ways, they joke, work out, and share the communal experience of healing and returning to some sense of normalcy.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-football-soccer-amputee-veteran-russia-kyiv-therapy/32574664.html
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- Riot Erupts At Kyrgyzstan's Independence Day Sporting Event
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- Dozens of people were injured on August 31 after rioting broke out during a kok-boru tournament in Kyrgyzstan's Osh region to mark the country's independence day.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-osh-region-kok-boru-riot/32574548.html
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- Mobile Medical Unit Brings Care To Frontline Ukrainian Villages
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- Medical volunteers continue to travel to villages in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region to bring care to civilians near the front line. Current Time's Boris Sachalko reports.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/mobile-medical-unit-care-front-line-ukraine-villages-donbas/32574307.html
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- Iranian Protesters Post Dance Videos To Support Detained Singer
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- Female protesters in Iran are posting dance videos to support prominent Iranian pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi. He was arrested on August 28 following the release of an "illegal" song urging women to remove their mandatory head scarves.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protesters-dance-videos-detained-singer-/32573078.html
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- Jazz Fest Unites Music Fans In Divided Kosovo Town
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- The ethnically divided town of Mitrovica in Kosovo is holding its first international jazz festival, running through September 2. The event is uniting music fans in a town that has been divided by tensions between ethnic Albanian and Serb citizens.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-mitrovica-jazz-richard-bona-festival-music-nishliu-divided/32571507.html
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- Detention, Torture, Murder: Life Under The Taliban For LGBT People
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- LGBT activists say the return of the Taliban to power in 2021 in Afghanistan has resulted in discrimination, torture, and even murder. One gay man told RFE/RL that he had to quit school to protect his identity while another said he and his boyfriend were tortured by the Taliban.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-torture-murder-taliban-gay-lgbt/32571242.html
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- Forbidden No More? Ukrainian Lawmakers Propose Decriminalizing Porn
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Ukrainian parliament members want to abolish a 2001 law against pornography, saying the rules criminalize normal people and open the door to police corruption. Some 1,200 porn charges are filed every year and anyone with nude photos of someone on their phone is technically subject to prosecution.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-porn-legalize-criminal-police-bribery-corruption-fundraiser-teronlyfans-actors/32569943.html
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- Ukrainians Bid Farewell To Celebrated Pilot Who Died In Air Collision
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Ukraine held a memorial ceremony on August 29 for Andriy Pilshchikov, one of the three pilots who died in a midair collision while on a training mission over the Zhytomyr region.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-pilot-farewell-ceremony/32569916.html
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- 'They Used Them As Cannon Fodder': The Migrants Sent From Prison In Russia To Death In Ukraine
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Many Central Asian migrants are among the estimated 50,000 prisoners who were sent from Russian jails by the Wagner mercenary group to fight in Ukraine. While some volunteered with promises of early release, there are accounts that others were coerced to enlist.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/central-asia-migrants-prison-russia-death-ukraine-wagner/32568047.html
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- Ukrainian Military Clears Plane-Crash Debris
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
- Description
- Soldiers came to the village of Sinhury in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region on August 26 to clear the debris of military planes that crashed a day earlier. Three pilots died as a result of the midair collision of two L-39 Albatros aircraft during a training flight.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-plane-crash-debris/32566739.html
