The Pillage of Afghan Heritage
The wholesale destruction of Afghanistan's cultural heritage has gone virtually unnoticed.
4 Aug 05
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Police and Prostitutes in Unholy Alliance
In order to survive, some prostitutes in the Fergana valley have joined in the fight against crime.
29 Jul 05
Armenia and NATO Edging Closer
How far down the road towards NATO membership is Armenia likely to go?
16 Jun 05
Balkars Begin to Protest
The Balkar minority in Kabardino-Balkaria takes to the streets following murder of local leader.
2 Jun 05
A Shared Suffering
Women in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Azerbaijan and the North Caucasus face official and societal discrimination.
19 May 05
Birth Control by Decree in Uzbekistan
A family planning campaign that looks benign is marred by allegations of forced sterilisation on a wide scale.
19 May 05
IWPR Launches New Women's Reporting Programme
In launching our Women’s Reporting and Dialogue Programme, IWPR looks at a different kind of frontline - the battle women in Islamic countries are waging to define new rights in changing times.
19 May 05
No Requiem for the Dead
Eyewitnesses tell how President Karimov’s soldiers finished off the injured as they lay bleeding, and then concealed the corpses.
16 May 05
Blood Flows in Uzbek Crackdown
IWPR reporter's eyewitness account of scenes of panic as armoured cars spray gunfire randomly into crowds of demonstrators.
14 May 05
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