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Breaking taboos - the danger of speaking out on women’s rights in the North Caucasus
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In this new episode of Trouble with the Truth, Lana Estemirova investigates why writing about women’s rights in the North Caucuses leads to threats and intimidation of journalists and activists.
“I’ve been given orders to handle the feminists,”- said man’s voice on the phone. It wasn’t the first time Dagestani journalist Svetlana Anokhina has been threatened. Daptar, the online portal where she works, dares to frankly discuss topics considered taboo in the North Caucasus: domestic violence, bride kidnappings, honour killing, feminism amongst others. It is not the only outlet that talks about women’s rights. There are multiple accounts on Telegram, Vkontakte, Instagram that do the same - and quickly become swamped with threats and abuse, mostly from men. In this ultra-conservative, patriarchal region of Russia, women are finding their own ways of talking about what matters to them, despite the danger that truth brings. To bring this episode to life, Lana has spoken to Svetlana Anokhina and anonymous admins from a successful women’s Telegram channel. A representative from a civil rights organization Janette Akhilgova kindly provided some background to this complicated issue.
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