Placement and displacement. These two geographic forces drive tensions between Sudan and South Sudan as conflicts in the border region escalate into transnational violence. Resource placement has proved fertile ground for armed conflict. While South…
Imrana Saghar, a lawyer and journalist in Pakistan, has used both professions to fight for minority rights and to free women in her country, sometimes risking her own safety. Imrana Saghar has been a reporter…
A self-proclaimed “city girl,” Hafsah Syed grew up in Karachi, Pakistan. She was schooled in accounting but spent years in advertising before becoming a newsmaker. Syed is an executive producer at Dawn News TV, where…
Shabbir Ahmad is a news and current affairs producer at Geo News, the most watched TV news channel in Pakistan. He has traveled extensively in the FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) border region of Pakistan…
Sajid Hussain is an assistant editor at The News International, the largest circulated English daily in Pakistan. He also writes op-ed pieces and editorials, especially on the state of affairs of war-torn Balochistan, his home…
Daniil Kislov, founder and editor-in-chief of Ferghana, describes how journalists in Uzbekistan are left out in the cold. Daniil Kislov, founder and editor-in-chief of Ferghana News, paints a bleak outlook for journalism in Uzbekistan and…
Uzbekistan maintains a democratic front while pushing out reporters and abusing human rights. Population: 28,128,600, as of July 2011. Uzbekistan is the most populous country in Central Asia. Capital: Tashkent, with a population of 2.2…
Journalist Lee Hark-joon details the disturbing stories he uncovered after secretly crossing North Korean borders. During a four-year investigative reporting project, South Korean journalist Lee Hark-joon met North Korean defectors whose stories inspired him to…
