Neil Bowdler is a Multimedia Editor for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. He covers a wide range of topics, including social issues, human rights, politics, and cultural events in various countries. With a focus on Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Neil's articles provide in-depth analysis and reporting on important issues affecting these regions.
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Spesali Zazai is a women's rights activist who moved to Pakistan with her three daughters after the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan. RFE/RL visited Zazai and her two younger daughters, who say they don't want to return home because the Taliban has banned girls from secondary education and barred women from most jobs.
As many as 1,500 Afghans were airlifted to Poland after the Taliban retook Kabul in August 2021, and many say they face economic hardship in the country and are no longer receiving help from the state. They say Poland has prioritized support for the 1.6 million Ukrainians taken in since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
By: Neil Bowdler
A Serbian opposition coalition has called for the annulment of results in the capital, Belgrade, after President Aleksandar Vucic's ruling Serbian Progressive Party coasted to victories in local and parliamentary elections.
By: Neil Bowdler
The leaders of the opposition coalition Serbia Against Violence and several thousand of its supporters protested in front of the offices of Serbia’s Election Commission on December 18 demanding the annulment of the local election results in Belgrade.
By: Neil Bowdler
A street artist known as Philippenzo has left his native Russia after authorities issued arrest warrants over his stance against Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine. Filip Kozlov, 39, now lives in Lithuania but continues his activism.
U.S. and British forces have hit Iran-backed Huthi rebel military targets in Yemen, sparking fears of a growing conflict in the Middle East as fighting rages in the Gaza Strip. But who are the Huthi rebels, why did U.S. and U.K. forces strike now, and what are the rebels' links to Iran? Hannah Porter is a Yemen expert and senior research fellow with the Ark social enterprise group.
By: Neil Bowdler
With Huthi rebels disrupting shipping off the coast of Yemen and in the Red Sea, what impact is this having on shipping, trade, and the world economy? Thomas Juneau is an associate professor at the University of Ottawa while Professor Steve Hanke is an economist at Johns Hopkins University.
The Wartime Love project tells the story of couples who met during the Siege of Sarajevo. RFE/RL spoke to Sanela and Emir Klaic, one of the couples who feature in the exhibition, whose wedding photo from the war-torn city featured on magazines around the world at the time. Thousands died when Bosnian Serb forces laid siege to the Bosnian capital from 1992 to 1995.
U.S. President Joe Biden has dropped his reelection bid and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, to be the Democratic Party candidate in the 2024 presidential election. RFE/RL got the reactions of Thomas Gift of University College London and Matt Dallek of George Washington University and asked what happens now?
Germany deported several dozen Afghans in August -- all of them convicted criminals -- for the first time since the Taliban takeover in 2021. But the move has fueled panic among Germany's large Afghan community, many of whom fear they could be next as Berlin tightens the country's asylum policies and anti-immigration parties rise in popularity.
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