Tag: Civil Society

MYROLYUBIVKA, Ukraine—Standing at the edge of a partially charred wheat field on a sunny day in April, 33-year-old farmer Maksim Maksimov watched as three of his employees lined up side ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at ongoing fighting in Sudan, the G-7 sets new renewable energy goals, and the killing of an Indian mafioso on live TV. ...

On March 7, a Georgian woman passionately and fearlessly waved a drenched EU flag against water cannons in the middle of a large-scale protest in Tbilisi. The anger and determination ...

Anniversaries of wars are difficult moments to commemorate. Journalists and analysts pore over what has happened since the war began, diplomats and politicians reflect on how it bolstered or hurt ...

Nicaragua’s crackdown on the political opposition, free press, and civil society is intensifying. On Feb. 15, the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega stripped 94 prominent Nicaraguans of their citizenship. ...

A video of a woman defiantly waving a blue and gold EU flag in the face of police water cannons went viral on Tuesday as thousands of people took to ...

Just one year ago, reporting on a corruption scandal in Ukraine could start with a few mouse clicks. A seasoned investigative journalist like Yuriy Nikolov—co-founder of nongovernmental organization Nashi Groshi ...

Along the five city blocks that border the western edge of Friedrichshain park in Berlin, every campaign poster advertising the German Greens was torn down—only to be replaced and then ...

Salai Cross Thang walked off his government job as a school headmaster in Myanmar’s western Chin State two years ago, days after the military seized power from the civilian government. ...

Iran’s impoverished province of Baluchistan has been disproportionately hit by protests since September. It has paid an exorbitant price in terms of deaths, casualties, and arrests in the crackdown against ...