Nick Ashdown

Nick Ashdown is a Canadian freelance journalist and photographer based between Belgrade and Istanbul where he covers the Balkans and Turkey, focusing primarily on politics, human rights abuses, and minority issues. 


Protesters carry a hand-painted sign.

Thousands in Serbia continue to march in nationwide, anti-government protests

Global Politics

After separate attacks on a prominent political opposition leader and a journalist in Serbia, thousands are taking to the streets to protest an increasingly authoritarian government under President Aleksander Vučić.