Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Wrote:Three friends in Kyrgyzstan's capital hated seeing the pollution caused by plastic waste, so they decided to take matters into their own hands.

Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-plastic-recycling/31649655.html

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Wrote:A dead man handcuffed with two bullet wounds, and a man with head injuries from a grenade taken out of a hospital by soldiers -- Kazakhs tell their stories of the ongoing crackdown following violent anti-government unrest that shook the country at the beginning of January.

Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakh-unrest-human-rights/31660044.html

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Wrote:Crowds of Chechens massed in central Grozny to burn pictures of a human rights activist's family, whom Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened with death. The treatment of Abubakar Yangulbayev has caused an outcry in Russia.

Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-chechnya-kadyrov/31686875.html