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Kazakhstan: AI helps illustrate cases of domestic violence
Svet Saltanat (The Light of Saltanat): A project that records domestic violence cases and displays statistics in a flashing light 27.04.2025 Article published on the rus.azattyq.org website The Light of Saltanat is the world’s first endeavour that processes data on domestic violence in real time, say its creators. Artificial intelligence collects …
Ukraine: Health Cluster March Bulletin
Published by Relief Web (reliefweb.int) 23 April 2025 Relief Web identifies the key takeaways from the latest Health Cluster Bulletin on the situation with healthcare in Ukraine: Highlights While high level ceasefire negotiations continued throughout March, hostilities showed no sign of abating. According to ACLED data, the number of air and drone strikes more than …
Disability Community Addresses International Human Rights Defenders About Deteriorating Rights
Georgian human rights organizations, individual activists, and organizations of persons with disabilities are addressing the international community about the deterioration of their rights in the country amid protests, urging a response, including by closely monitoring the situation, expressing concern, and providing assistance. 21.04.2025 The letter, signed by some 20 organizations and about the same number of individuals, …
Russia: new Action Strategy for Senior Citizens approved
The Russian Government approves an Action Strategy for Senior Citizens 14.04.2025 Article published on the ASI website At a meeting with his deputies, Russia’s Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, announced that the Council of Ministers had approved a strategy which includes measures that will support senior citizens up until 2030. According to the …
LGBTQ+ People’s Status and Access to Healthcare in Turkmenistan
Published by: Progres Foundation (progres.online) 10.04.2025 In this article, Turkmenistan-based Progres Foundation discusses ECOM’s findings on the situation for LGBTQ+ people in the country Eurasian Coalition for Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity (ECOM), founded in 2011, is an international non-governmental association based in Tallinn, Estonia, working in the field of rights and health of …
Russia: Further restrictions on CSOs designated as ‘Foreign Agents’
CSO “foreign agents” will not be included on the list of socially-oriented CSOs (SONGOs) 08.04.2025 Article published on the ASI website Russian State Duma deputies have unanimously supported the adoption of four laws, increasing the level of control over “foreign agent” activities. On 8 April, the State Duma adopted the second …
Pensioners in Yerevan have to live on 500 drams (£1) a day because of higher property taxes
Pensioners living in the centre of Yerevan will have just 500 drams a day to live on as a result of increased property taxes 01.04.2025 Article published on the finport.am website According to a report produced by the Ayakve project, pensioners living in the centre of Yerevan will now have just 500 …
Duma discuss proposal to oblige parents to bring up their children jointly after divorce
Russia’s State Duma discuss a proposal to oblige parents to bring up their children jointly after their divorce 01.04.2025 Article published on the moscowtimes.ru website State Duma deputies are working on a bill that would oblige divorced parents to continue raising their children together so that he or she grows up to …
Family Studies: New textbooks for Russia’s secondary schools
Family Studies: New textbooks for secondary schools 28.03.2025 Today, TASS will be hosting a press conference to present textbooks on Family Studies for students in grades 5-7 and 8-9. These will be introduced by Nina Ostanina, Chair of the State Duma Committee on Family Protection, Fatherhood, Motherhood and Childhood; a member of …
Duma proposes wider scope for trials in absentia for ‘foreign agents’
The State Duma wants to introduce harsher punishments for Russians living outside the Federation and strengthen “foreign agents” policies 27.03.2025 Article published on the meduza.io website Who will be threatened by the next round of the Duma’s repressive measures? Spoiler alert: anyone. Background On 21 March, 400 Duma deputies introduced …