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Armenia-Azerbaijan: Learning to Give "Enemies" a Human Face
Haykuhi Barseghyan
3 Apr 12
Armenian reporter describes evolution from blanket hostility to realisation that Azeris are people, not monsters.
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Entrance to the Mostar Prison. (Photo: IWPR)
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My Encounter With Convicted War Criminals
Ajdin Kamber
28 Mar 12
Reporter had to overcome both his own apprehensions and prisoners’ suspicion of him.
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Azerbaijan: Tackling Ethnicity and Conflict No Easy Task
Shahla Sultanova
26 Mar 12
Reporter describes how things get very personal if you ask people how they feel about Armenians.
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Tracking Down Afghan Kidnappers
Mina Habib
28 Feb 12
Reporter encounters fear and evasive behaviour while investigating crimes.
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Tracking Down Shady Passport Trade in Afghanistan
Abdol Wahed Faramarz
3 Feb 12
Clandestine meetings and confrontational officials make pinning down details of illicit passport sales a difficult job.
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Visitors from Serbia laying flowers at a monument to those killed at the Ovcara farm. Yugoslav army soldiers took some 260 patients and staff from Vukovar’s hospital and murdered them here. (Photo: Vladimir Dmitric)
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Vukovar Trip Leaves Indelible Impression of Horror
Iva Martinović
23 Jan 12
Serbian journalist recounts emotional visit to scenes of past bloodshed in Croatia.
The entrance gate to the Dachau camp with its infamous slogan. (Photo: Ajdin Kamber/IWPR) Batumi is a major port on the Black Sea but many Georgian sailors venture much further onto the high seas. (Photo: Giorgi Kupatadze) Entrance to the Mostar Prison. (Photo: IWPR) Visitors from Serbia laying flowers at a monument to those killed at the Ovcara farm. Yugoslav army soldiers took some 260 patients and staff from Vukovar’s hospital and murdered them here. (Photo: Vladimir Dmitric) Momcilo Perisic in the ICTY courtroom. (Photo: ICTY) Lubumbashi residents appear to have more faith in the judiciary after the son of a leading local politician was convicted of murder. (Photo: Mike Rosenberg/Flickr)
Amra Draginic, one of many young Bosnians who prefer to travel abroad than to other parts of their country. (Photo: Mirza Ajnadzić) Protests on February 22 in the centre of Sulaimaniyah, which demonstrators have dubbed Freedom Square. (Photo: Ara Ibrahim)