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This ambitious young judge wants to change Tunisia’s justice system. But he still has to type out his own verdicts.

Shukrii Mabkhout is not just a novelist — he's the biographer of modern Tunisia.

Tunisia is a democracy. Here’s a man who still mourns for the old regime.

Azerbaijan’s authoritarian rulers defamed, threatened, and jailed their country’s most stubborn journalist. But Khadija Ismayilova doesn’t know when to quit.

The secretary of defense came into office promising to shake up the Pentagon, but the chaos in Iraq and Syria has left him mired in wars he didn't want to fight.

Angola's corrupt leaders keep trying to silence Rafael Marques. So far, without success.

Meet the 92-year-old communist who explains why Athens can't capitulate to its creditors.

In a country that brooks no dissent, Nasrin Sotoudeh's remarkable solo protest keeps finding unlikely allies.

Leopoldo López embodies the change his country needs. And that's exactly why he's still in jail.

How an unlikely American ideologue is inspiring Egypt’s new generation of Islamic militants.

Palestinian businessman Bashar al-Masri has a plan for building democracy on the West Bank. And it's not really about politics.

Ukrainians hope that Petro Poroshenko can lead them out of the current crisis. But can one man provide the solution to all the country's problems?