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Published in: 50.50: Investigation'No woman should be treated how I was in childbirth'
How has COVID-19 affected women's rights during childbirth? Watch this 3-minute film.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationHow has COVID-19 affected women's rights during childbirth? Help us track this globally
Since the pandemic started, we've been documenting cases of abuse and mistreatment of women in labour around the...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationWomen are being forced to give birth ‘alone’, in post-lockdown Armenia and Ukraine
Across Eurasia, women have reported mistreatment that defies World Health Organization guidelines – and national policies.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationTop doctors and lawyers condemn ‘shocking’ treatment of women in childbirth during COVID-19
Exclusive: openDemocracy investigation reveals ‘traumatic’ incidents defying WHO guidelines in 45 countries – as...
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Published in: oDRInside the growing storm over UK-Russia extraditions
Long a haven for businessmen and Kremlin opponents, the UK has increasingly shut down Russian extradition requests...
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Published in: oDRIn Russia, a new generation of activists are taking on climate crisis
Against a hostile media - and a powerful fossil lobby, young people in Russia are coming out to build a safe climate future.
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия": OpinionRussia’s forced referendum
Russian elections always run on "administrative mobilisation" of public sector workers. But ahead of a nationwide...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionThe Kirill Serebrennikov trial gives us a glimpse of a dark future for Russian culture
We know that after any tragedy it’s possible to go on living as if nothing has happened. It’s the same after the...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"Behind bars: how a historian and activist became Ingushetia’s most famous woman
After this republic transferred lands to Chechnya in a murky deal, a protest movement emerged that redefined...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Coronavirus and the crisis of globalisation: dangers and answers
“We must demonstrate the superiority of democratic governance over authoritarianism, bringing about a set of...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionSo long, Vedomosti! What happened to Russia’s leading financial media
It’s been 20 years since the Kremlin openly started the war against the Russian press. Throughout all these years,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyria: local agreements, regional rivalry and a global pandemic
As the regime moves towards capturing Idlib, rivalry between Russia and Iran to control Syria is growing.
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия": OpinionRussia, George Floyd, and the end of the imaginary West
Why are Russians so angered by America's latest protests?
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"In Russia's North Caucasus, funerals can kill
In order to stop COVID-19, authorities in Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia have banned funerals and wakes. But now...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Is totalitarianism on the rise in the East?
We should distinguish between Orban’s rightfully penalized measures of ruling by decree and less stringent...
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Published in: oDRIn Putin’s Russia, a journalist by day and an activist by night
For Ilya Azar, writing stories isn't enough. He believes that when freedoms are under threat, activism and...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия": OpinionInside the struggle to control Russia's digital volunteering sector
The desire for mutual support during a pandemic has led to a new wave of volunteer mobilisation across Russia....
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"Russia's labour migrants are caught between poverty and a pandemic
Hundreds of thousands of Central Asian migrants are trapped in Russia's quarantine lockdown, lacking jobs,...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия""If an infected person enters the factory, everything will fall apart"
In late March, two COVID-19 cases were discovered at the large AvtoVaz factory in the Russian city of Tolyatti. The...
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Published in: oDRLast summer in Moscow, thousands came out to protest. Then they were prosecuted for it
The 2019 summer of protest in Moscow may be a distant memory for Russia’s fast-moving political scene. But dozens of...