12 December 2022 could be an ordinary Monday when the people of Artsakh were supposed to wake up and go to work, and children go to school and kindergarten. Someone had planned to drive to Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia, to visit a doctor; someone was getting ready for a trip, and someone was preparing to leave Yerevan for home, Stepanakert, the capital city of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). But that did not happen. On 12 December, Azerbaijani protestors, so-called “ecoactivists,” blocked the Lachin corridor —the only road connecting Armenia to Artsakh. 120,000 Armenians living in Artsakh have been under a total blockade since then. Keep reading

Walking through the streets of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, is penetrating an exuberant territory of extinct volcanoes and moai —monolithic statues—, of red earth and turquoise beaches… it looks like entering deep Polynesia until a daily conversation of its inhabitants breaks with that imaginary. You won’t hear them speak their Rapa Nui language as, for the most part, they speak Spanish. Their native language is used in very small and specific circles and has become a kind of relic to be preserved. It is a minority and minoritised language, almost in danger of extinction. Keep reading

The Turkish government has passed a new law that punishes “disinformation” in media and social networks with up to 3 years in prison. The first person to be arrested was a Kurdish journalist. The Erdoğan government’s attacks on press freedom affect all reporters in Turkey. “But Kurds are more affected because in our region more red lines exist.” Two Kurdish journalists speak to Nationalia. Keep reading