Caucasus

Turkmenistan: Niazov Playing Havoc Again

Music restriction is latest in a series of comical prohibitions.

20 Nov 05

Tens of thousands of Tajik children wash cars, pick cotton and work on building sites in an effort to make ends meet.

20 Nov 05

Crackdown on rights activists as government seeks to stifle even the most innocuous NGOs in the wake of the Andijan killings.

20 Nov 05

The president says capital punishment is to end – but not before it could be applied to those convicted in the latest controversial trial.

20 Nov 05

An ongoing wave of sackings looks increasingly like an attempt by the president to scare off anyone who might be thinking about regime change.

20 Nov 05

Armenians urge Tbilisi officials to show more concern for their region.

18 Nov 05

Traditional values are making it difficult for women who have lost their husbands to marry who they wish.

18 Nov 05

Farmers in Baghlan province see the revival of an old sugar factory as a way to produce an alternative to lucrative opium production.

18 Nov 05

Moscow wants repayment of loans from war era, but Afghans say they’re the ones who should be paid for losses the Soviets inflicted on their country.

18 Nov 05

Ethnic Azerbaijanis claim that raids by Georgia’s financial police are targeting their community unfairly.

18 Nov 05

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