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Ann Tornkvist

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Christian Science Monitor

Getting around Moscow still an uphill battle for its disabled citizens

By Ann Törnkvist and Sven Hultberg Carlsson | 03/11/13

Like most of Russia, Moscow poses tough challenges for disabled people, from 14-lane highways to inaccessible subways. But charities and Russia's 2012 Paralympics success are driving change.

Christian Science Monitor

St. Petersburg's 'gay propaganda' law has LGBT Russians wary

By Ann Törnkvist and Sven Hultberg | 10/02/12

The law has resulted in more than 70 arrests, though only one conviction, since being implemented in the spring. But some say it has also galvanized the community to stand up for itself.

Global Post

Helping Kabul's female heroin addicts

By Ann Tornkvist | 05/24/10
KABUL, Afghanistan — The bed trembles in rhythm with Marzia's body, which has been denied heroin for nine days. At the age of 14, she married a drug smuggler working between their home country of Afghanistan and Iran.