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The Khurashvili family live in an abandoned bus as they have never found proper accommodation since moving to Georgia in the 1980s. (Photo: Salome Achba)
Meskhetians Struggle to Find Place in Georgia
Salome Achba
15 May 12
Government now facilitating deported ethnic group members’ return, but does little for them when they arrive.

While the Georgian government is fulfilling a pledge to allow the Meskhetians, descendants of an ethnic group deported by Stalin, to settle in the country, rights activists say little effort is bei

The opposition Armenian National Congress has complained of fraud and wants the election results to be annulled. Here, a polling station in the village of Mayakovsky, in the centrally-located Kotayq region. (Photo: Anahit Hayrapetyan)
Opposition Alleges Irregularities in Armenian Polls
Gayane Mkrtchyan
11 May 12
Election better run than previous ones, but Armenian National Congress wants results cancelled.

Armenian opposition parties, which collectively polled about a quarter of the vote in the May 6 parliamentary election, have alleged electoral fraud.

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Georgia: Risking Life for Faith and Memory
Nino Chibchiuri
13 Apr 12
Villagers cross dangerous line when they go to gather wood or visit family graves.

Residents of villages in Georgia’s Gori district are in constant danger of being picked up and arrested by South Ossetian forces if they stray into the wrong area by mistake.

Barkhoyan lives with her six children and husband in Vardenik, a village in Gegharkunik region. Their home has metal walls and no glass in the windows, which are covered in plastic sheeting. (Photo: Inna Mkhitaryan)
Armenia: Male Exodus From Rural Communities
Inna Mkhitaryan
21 Jan 12
Gegharkunik has highest rate of labour migration anywhere in Armenia.

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HIV/AIDS Cases Rising in Provincial Georgia
IWPR contributor
23 Dec 11
Eastern region records exponential growth in number of cases.

Health experts in western Georgia are concerned about the increasing incidence of new HIV cases.

Strong traditions and a unique faith bind the Yezidis together. (Photo: Lusine Avagyan)
Armenia: Yezidi Girls Fated For Teen Marriage
Lusine Avagyan
16 Dec 11
Custom of early weddings which put an end to girls’ education still strong in traditionalist community.

At her wedding in the Armenian village of Mushakan, Sona Amoyan, 15, stands barefoot on a cold floor for half a hour while the wedding guests file past.

Men working at the cemetery in the town of Dastakert, where 70 per cent of residents are refugees from Baku, Sumgait and Kirovabad in Azerbaijan. They are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the local copper plant in Dastakert, which despite its detrimental effect on the environment promises much-needed jobs. (Photo: Sara Anjargolian)
Armenia: Living on the Edge
Sara Anjargolian
9 Dec 11
Images of refugees settled in border areas of Armenia.

Many of the Armenians displaced from Azerbaijan by conflict beginning in 1988 found themselves living around the edges of their new homeland.

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Azerbaijan: A Long Displacement
IWPR contributors
19 Nov 11
Video: Hardship, but hope too, among Azerbaijanis driven from their homes by 1990s war.

The Nagorny Karabakh conflict ended in 1994 with a ceasefire, but no political settlement.

This home in Chiragli was destroyed in the conflict and never rebuilt. (Photo: Orhan Orhanov)
Lives on the Line in Azerbaijan
Orhan Orhanov
15 Nov 11
Villagers eke out existence along "line of control" facing Armenian-held territory.

Stray too far from the Azerbaijani village of Chiraghli and you might end up in Armenian-controlled territory.

Homes in Kond are patched up with wood, metal or plastic as residents do not want to invest in more lasting repairs, since demolition could come at any time. (Photo: Mary Aleksanyan)
Condemned Homes in Armenian Capital
Mary Aleksanyan
31 Oct 11
Five years after their neighbourhood was placed under demolition order, residents see little sign of progress.