Caucasus

Tajik Prosecutors Investigate Child Labour Claims

In what could be a test case, prosecutors have started looking into the widespread practice of using minors to work on cotton farms.

5 Nov 07

Official media campaign waged against former president as he launches new leadership bid.

2 Nov 07

The government is offering Karabakh refugees new homes, but many say they would be losing far more than they gained.

1 Nov 07

Turkish border city’s population booms as Azerbaijanis come in search of work.

1 Nov 07

Ethnic kin encouraged by promise of land and jobs to move to Abkhazia.

1 Nov 07

Ethnic minority blames official discrimination for failure to remove potentially lethal electricity pylons from their village.

29 Oct 07

The Russian president gets only a censored view of a North Caucasian village’s problems.

29 Oct 07

Ethnic minority blames official discrimination for failure to remove potentially lethal electricity pylons from their village.

26 Oct 07

The Russian president gets only a censored view of a North Caucasian village’s problems.

26 Oct 07

As Armenians celebrate following a US Congressional vote, their kinsmen in Turkey brace themselves for a rise in nationalist sentiment.

23 Oct 07

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