IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Courts in Uzbekistan charge Islamists with links to Bin Laden
Human rights campaigners accuse the Uzbek government of falsely jailing
Turkmen army food rations are so poor that some young conscripts are literally starving to death.
A human rights activist gives a glimpse of the darker side of life inside Uzbekistan.
Tashkent government failing to deliver on pledge to help amnestied prisoners.
The authorities say children slave away in cotton fields for the good of the country.
Leading member of Bosnian Serb fugitive’s support network believed to be holed up in the Serbian capital.
Imminent membership application risks weakening the Macedonia’s reformers and destabilising its fragile democracy.
By Dusan Prorokovic in Belgrade (BCR No 490, 02-Apr-04)
Hard work and hard choices await countries of the western Balkans that are serious about their EU aspirations.