Caucasus

Azerbaijan: Political Prisoners Controversy

Despite a New Year’s presidential pardon, Azerbaijan’s jails hold many political prisoners, critics say.

22 Jan 04

America is strongly backing a move to end Russia’s military presence in the republic – possibly so it can then send in its own personnel.

22 Jan 04

The opposition grows bolder in Georgia’s dissident Black Sea province.

15 Jan 04

Taboo around HIV means infected people and their relatives conspire to hide the true scope of the problem.

15 Jan 04

Thousands of Armenian women end up being sexually exploited in Turkey or the UAE – and the perpetrators are going unpunished.

15 Jan 04

Another New Year in Chechnya offers no sign that the conflict is ending.

15 Jan 04

Ordinary people face a double blow from new taxes on imported goods and creeping rises in the price of bread.

8 Jan 04

Is a new media law a step forward for the Armenian press or a secret weapon in the hands of the government?

8 Jan 04

President-elect Saakashvili begins to confront Georgia’s economic collapse and endemic corruption.

8 Jan 04

An overwhelming victory at the polls and a positive verdict from observers completes Mikael Saakashvili’s rise to power in Georgia.

6 Jan 04

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