IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Officials insist next year's elections are on track despite Loya Jirga postponement.
In the aftermath of the Sarajevo summit, there is hope that the international community will finally take a regional approach to the Balkans.
Kosovo refugees streaming over the Albanian border near Kukes in their thousands are being met by two aid workers distributing biscuits and two Italian Jehovah’s Witnesses handing out fliers urging them to love each other.
By Fron Nazi in Kukes, on the Kosovo-Albanian border (BCR No 15, 4-Apr-99)
First-hand account of torture, humiliation and forced confessions in a penal system ruled by thuggish police and gangsters.
Central Asian leaders continued to abuse basic political and human rights throughout last year.
On the murky underside of Central Asia, there are underage prostitutes for sale on the streets with few rights and fewer opportunities.