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Protests in Iran: “The main revolutionary force are the people in the streets”
  • Aisha
  • Yasaman Sajadi
  • Vahid Mirzaei

Protests in Iran: “The main revolutionary force are the people in the streets”

In January, 2026, during nationwide protests in Iran, independent researcher Aisha interviewed Iranian journalists Vahid Mirzaei and Yasaman Sajadi about the ongoing struggle and its prerequisites
voices13.03.2026
  • EN
Racism at the highest level. Russia’s migration policy amid the war against Ukraine
  • Lilia Yuldasheva

Racism at the highest level. Russia’s migration policy amid the war against Ukraine

In their joint article, Beda media and the human rights organisations “Stoparmy Movement” and “Peace Plea” outline the changes in Russia’s migration policy in 2025
analysis04.03.2026
  • RU
  • UZB
  • TG
  • EN
Poplar colonialism: Soviet Tuva, Greenification, and Urbanization
  • Eugene Yin

Poplar colonialism: Soviet Tuva, Greenification, and Urbanization

Tuvan researcher Eugene Yin examines the symbolic and material significance of poplar trees in the Soviet colonisation of Tuva
histories23.01.2026
  • RU
  • EN
Episode 8. International law and Indigenous peoples’ rights
  • Beda Collective

Episode 8. International law and Indigenous peoples’ rights

Conversation between Suleiman Mamutov, Viliuia Choinova, Selbi Durdiyeva, and Lilia Yuldasheva on self-advocacy of decolonial and indigenous activists in the times of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and ongoing occupation of indigenous lands.
podcast28.12.2025
  • EN
Forced Migrants, Ideological Combatants, and Foreign Army Personnel: Militarized Russia’s External Resources
  • anonymous

Forced Migrants, Ideological Combatants, and Foreign Army Personnel: Militarized Russia’s External Resources

An analysis of recruitment of foreign citizens into the Russian army and the reactions of their countries of origin to citizen participation in Russia’s war against Ukraine
analysis28.12.2025
  • RU
  • EN
The Arrival of Soviet Modernity in Tuva: A Photo Archive by Ethnographer Vladimir Ermolaev
  • Eugene Yin

The Arrival of Soviet Modernity in Tuva: A Photo Archive by Ethnographer Vladimir Ermolaev

What can the photo archive of a 1913 scientific expedition tell us about the key events in 20th century Tuva?
histories15.12.2025
  • RU
  • TYV
  • EN
Episode 6. International law: critical reflection through decolonial lens
  • Beda Collective

Episode 6. International law: critical reflection through decolonial lens

Conversation between Lilia Yuldasheva, Suleiman Mamutov, Selbi Durdiyeva, and Viliuia Choinova on what decolonial critique can offer for the better understanding of the history, conceptual framework, and institutions of modern-day international law and human rights.
podcast27.11.2025
  • EN
A Manifesto from Nowhere. On the possibility of decolonisation beyond the nation-state project
  • Lilia Yuldasheva

A Manifesto from Nowhere. On the possibility of decolonisation beyond the nation-state project

A Manifesto from Nowhere poses questions about the place of (non-)origin, gender identity, (non-)native language, migration and the compulsion to define oneself, all as instruments of coercion within a context of global coloniality.
voices19.11.2025
  • RU
  • EN
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Racism at the highest level. Russia’s migration policy amid the war against Ukraine
  • Lilia Yuldasheva
Racism at the highest level. Russia’s migration policy amid the war against Ukraine
In their joint article, Beda media and the human rights organisations “Stoparmy Movement” and “Peace Plea” outline the changes in Russia’s migration policy in 2025
  • analysis
  • 04.03.2026
  • RU
  • UZB
  • TG
  • EN
Forced Migrants, Ideological Combatants, and Foreign Army Personnel: Militarized Russia’s External Resources
  • anonymous
Forced Migrants, Ideological Combatants, and Foreign Army Personnel: Militarized Russia’s External Resources
An analysis of recruitment of foreign citizens into the Russian army and the reactions of their countries of origin to citizen participation in Russia’s war against Ukraine
  • analysis
  • 28.12.2025
  • RU
  • EN
Armenian Captives and Azerbaijani Political Prisoners
  • anonymous
Armenian Captives and Azerbaijani Political Prisoners
Anonymous human rights activist on how the world turns a blind eye to Aliyev's Crimes
  • analysis
  • 10.08.2025
  • RU
  • EN
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Poplar colonialism: Soviet Tuva, Greenification, and Urbanization
  • Eugene Yin
Poplar colonialism: Soviet Tuva, Greenification, and Urbanization
Tuvan researcher Eugene Yin examines the symbolic and material significance of poplar trees in the Soviet colonisation of Tuva
  • histories
  • 23.01.2026
  • RU
  • EN
The Arrival of Soviet Modernity in Tuva: A Photo Archive by Ethnographer Vladimir Ermolaev
  • Eugene Yin
The Arrival of Soviet Modernity in Tuva: A Photo Archive by Ethnographer Vladimir Ermolaev
What can the photo archive of a 1913 scientific expedition tell us about the key events in 20th century Tuva?
  • histories
  • 15.12.2025
  • RU
  • TYV
  • EN
Freedom Day, centuries of (in)dependence. How March 25 and the decolonization of Belarus are connected
  • hanna otchyk
  • tony lashden
  • mira levickas
Freedom Day, centuries of (in)dependence. How March 25 and the decolonization of Belarus are connected
hanna otchyk, tony lashden, and mira levickas tell the story of Belarus’ ongoing struggle for freedom from the external and internal regime
  • histories
  • 24.03.2025
  • BEL
  • RU
  • EN
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  • Beda Collective
buryan
Episode 8. International law and Indigenous peoples’ rights
Episode 8. International law and Indigenous peoples’ rights
Conversation between Suleiman Mamutov, Viliuia Choinova, Selbi Durdiyeva, and Lilia Yuldasheva on self-advocacy of decolonial and indigenous activists in the times of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and ongoing occupation of indigenous lands.
  • podcast
  • 28.12.2025
  • EN
Episode 6. International law: critical reflection through decolonial lens
Episode 6. International law: critical reflection through decolonial lens
Conversation between Lilia Yuldasheva, Suleiman Mamutov, Selbi Durdiyeva, and Viliuia Choinova on what decolonial critique can offer for the better understanding of the history, conceptual framework, and institutions of modern-day international law and human rights.
  • podcast
  • 27.11.2025
  • EN
Episode 5. Crimean Tatar national movement: a constellation of solidarity and friendships
Episode 5. Crimean Tatar national movement: a constellation of solidarity and friendships
Discussion between Elnara Nuriieva-Letova and Alexandr Murtazayev on the methods of Soviet and Russian oppression against indigenous peoples, ways of Crimean Tatar resistance, and solidarity within the Crimean Tatar national movement and beyond
  • podcast
  • 28.04.2025
  • UKR
  • EN
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