Russia Uses Education to Sustain Influence in Central Asia
By Farangis Najibullah June 2, 2026 Students attend the Russian school in the southern Tajik city of Bokhtar (Facebook). When a new Russian-language school opened its doors in Tajikistan's southern city of Bokhtar in 2022, thousands of locals flocked to enroll. Named after the 18th-century Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov, it was one of five Russia-funded schools that popped up across the impoverished Central Asia country that year. Part of a $150 million Russian state pro
Vietnam Government Seize Property of Elderly Montagnard
By MSFJ Team June 17, 2026 Vietnamese Authorities Destroy Home and Seize All Property of Elderly Montagnard Woman in the Central Highlands Buôn Ea Pô, Cư Jút — June 17, 2026 In a brutal act of forced eviction that has left a 61-year-old Montagnard woman homeless and without basic necessities, Vietnamese state authorities descended on the home of Mrs. H Nghét Knul on the morning of June 16, 2026, stripping the property of every possession, seizing her vehicle, and demolishing
Qatar: New Efforts to Deport Baha’i Leaders
By Human Rights Watch June 14, 2026 Longstanding Repression of Religious Minority The Ministry of Interior Office in Doha, Qatar, May 5, 2021. Credit: Shutterstock (Beirut) – The Qatari authorities since March 2026 have ordered at least four people with roles in key institutions of the minority Baha’i religion to leave the country, Human Rights Watch said today, based on information from informed sources. The four were ordered to leave without due process and with no legal pa
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Jun 17
Putin critic Semyon Skrepetsky shot dead in Poland
Copyright AP Photo 16 July 2026 Skrepetsky was known for his caricatures comparing Putin to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. A Russian artist well-known for satirising President Vladimir Putin has been shot dead in eastern Poland, officials said on Tuesday. "An investigation is being conducted...into the murder of a 44-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation...known in the media as Semyon Skrepetsky," a spokesman for the prosecutor's office in Lublin, Marcin Kozak, told journa
Two women killed in peaceful protest in Afghanistan
By Flora Drury & BBC Afghan A woman on the streets of Herat on Monday - a day before the protest Taliban police used live fire to disperse a rare protest against the detention of women accused of violating strict Islamic dress codes in the western Afghan city of Herat, witnesses and protesters said. Medics told the BBC two people died, but did not specify how. A number of others at the protest were injured. Both men and women had taken to the streets days after local Taliban
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Jun 16
US Senators propose PEACE in Sudan Act of 2026
The Goz al-Haj camp, north of Khartoum, Sudan. Photograph: The Guardian United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee June 10, 2026 Senators Shaheen, Risch, Coons, Cornyn Introduce Legislation to Address Conflict in Sudan WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Preventing External Aggression and Conflict E
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