‘Thrown like animals’: Georgians identify victims in Stalin’s mass graves
Under Stalin, thousands were executed. Now, victims’ families and experts are trying to heal a national trauma.


Under Stalin, thousands were executed. Now, victims’ families and experts are trying to heal a national trauma.

An icon featuring Joseph Stalin on display inside Georgia’s largest cathedral causes a furore.
![A boy leans forward to kiss the icon of Saint Matrona featuring Stalin inside Tbilisi's Sameba Cathedral [Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_0859-1705490705.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Global web of ultraconservative groups is identified in EU and its fringe working to weaken democracy and human rights.

Baku and Yerevan again clashed over the control of frontiers defined by Soviet cartographers, raising fears of conflict.
![Last year's Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia killed more than 6,000 people on both sides [File: Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2020-10-20T140317Z_184783420_RC2EMJ9P02VQ_RTRMADP_3_ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
From sophisticated drones to attacks shown on digital billboards, analysts say war has taken on a ‘sci-fi’ effect.
![Dozens of civilians and hundreds of soldiers on both sides have been killed in less than a month of fighting [Umit Bektas/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-11T105347Z_154284745_RC28GJ9V7MCL_RTRMADP_3_ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Human suffering in the conflict is being obscured by Azerbaijani and Armenian officials monopolising the message.
![People attend a meeting to recruit military volunteers in Yerevan, Armenia [Melik Baghdasaryan/Photolure/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020-09-27T095226Z_1355268214_RC2X6J9K2J9B_RTRMADP_3_ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-2.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Culture of harvesting honey from wild bees without use of modern box hives is returning to country’s west.

Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of shelling military positions and villages.

Why a doctor in Kyrgyzstan retracted his criticism of low-quality protective masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
