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In May, Mexican World Cup host cities carried out immigration raids targeting migrants and asylum seekers, many of whom were detained without warrants and transferred to border regions. Civil society groups have condemned the operations as „social cleansing“ ahead of the tournament, raising serious human rights concerns about the growing militarisation of migration enforcement.

„MIGRANT RAIDS HIT MEXICO CITY AHEAD OF THE WORLD CUP“

– a story by Andrea Paola Hernández

🗓️ OUR WEEKLY RECAP
June, 3 – 9

From Indian women bearing the cost of the global fuel crisis to a mother who became a symbol in the fight for Venezuela’s disappeared political prisoners and Kazakhstan’s communities watching the Caspian Sea vanish from their shores – here’s what we covered this week.

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As conflict in West Asia disrupts global supply routes, LPG prices in India have risen sharply - pushing women in low-income communities back to wood-fired cooking and harmful indoor smoke. Rising fuel prices and shortages are forcing the poorest households to bear the consequences of a global crisis they had no role in creating.

„INDIAN WOMEN BEARING THE COST OF THE GLOBAL FUEL CRISIS“
– a story by Naila Khan

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After a 16-month search across 21 detention centres, Carmen Teresa Navas learned her son Víctor Hugo Quero had died in Venezuelan state custody nearly a year earlier. Her ordeal has become a symbol of enforced disappearances, institutional cover-ups, and the women fighting to preserve the memory of the disappeared.

„HOW CARMEN NAVAS BECAME A SYMBOL IN THE FIGHT FOR VENEZUELA’S DISAPPEARED POLITICAL PRISONERS“
– a story by Gabriela Mesones Rojo

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The Caspian Sea - the world’s largest inland waterbody - has already lost more than 40,000 square kilometres. On Kazakhstan’s western coast, the consequences are already visible: retreating shorelines, disrupted fisheries, and an aging water infrastructure struggling to keep up.

„FIRST TO SEE THE CASPIAN DISAPPEAR - KAZAKHSTAN’S VANISHING SHORELINES“
– a story by Kamilla Jumayeva

🗓️ OUR WEEKLY RECAP
June, 1 - 7

From Kenyan recruits trapped on Russia’s frontlines to a democracy under siege in Armenia and floating schools reaching children in Bangladesh’s wetlands - here’s what we covered this week.

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More than a thousand Kenyan men were recruited into Russia’s military and sent to fight in Ukraine. Lured by promises of salaries ten times what they could earn at home, they found themselves trapped on one of the world’s deadliest frontlines - with no help from home and no hope of return.

„KENYA’S FORGOTTEN RECRUITS IN RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE, AND THE EFFORTS TO BRING THEM HOME“
– a story by Joseph Maina

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As Armenia heads to the polls on June 7, 2026, the country faces a wave of Russian disinformation and hybrid interference. Moscow is employing a ‚Moldovan-style‘ playbook to torpedo Armenia’s democratic shift toward the West.

„A DEMOCRACY IN DANGER – THE KREMLIN’S SHADOW OVER YEREVAN“
– a story by Marspet Movsisyan

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In Bangladesh’s Chalan Beel wetlands, the monsoon transforms villages into an endless sheet of water. Roads disappear, homes become isolated - and children cannot reach school. So the school comes to them.

Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha’s solar-powered floating schools have brought classrooms directly to flood-prone communities since 2002, reaching around 2,300 children daily and proving that floods have not been able to stop education.

„Floating Schools of Chalan Beel: When the Classroom Comes by Boat“
- a story by Piyas Biswas

🗓️ OUR WEEKLY RECAP
May, 25-31

From transgender rights in India to political prisoners in Belarus and racism against sub-Saharan migrants in football and beyond.

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