Middle East

Teachers Forced to Leave Jobs

Government gives no reason why teaching staff are being summarily dispatched to work as paper-pushers in distant locations.

20 Apr 09

If Ankara is serious about putting relations with Yerevan onto a new footing, it will reopen the border crossings it closed in 1993.

17 Apr 09

Leading rights activist says decision to outlaw his organisation “entirely political”.

16 Apr 09

Closely-related couples in Syria are choosing to marry even when blood tests detect genetic conditions.

16 Apr 09

Programme unusual for a country where prison system is not noted for leniency.

11 Apr 09

Locals in isolated Nakichevan say authorities there have ways of ensuring complaints don’t reach Baku.

10 Apr 09

Young musicians are expressing themselves with their own take on rap and hip-hop.

10 Apr 09

Turmoil within PUK ranks may result in launch of new reform-minded coalition headed by leading dissident.

9 Apr 09

Predicted lay-offs will damage Syrian economy and send unemployment figures soaring, say observers.

9 Apr 09

Congolese journalists and NGOs say IWPR Lubanga coverage is vital in filling information gap.

7 Apr 09

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