Georgian Government Promises Push on Human Rights
A year after coming to power, the Georgian Dream administration has improved conditions in detention although there’s still work to be done on this and other issues.
13 Dec 13
Human rights
Kazakstan: Remembering Janaozen
Two years on, new documentary recalls the tragic events the authorities tried to bury.
10 Dec 13
A Bad Year for Human Rights in Azerbaijan
"We have never seen so many political prisoners in an election year" - former presidential candidate.
10 Dec 13
Hard Labour for Uzbekistan's Religious Dissidents
Rights groups say “corrective labour” is becoming routine for short sentences as well as long ones.
5 Dec 13
EU Needs to Engage More With Uzbek Rights Groups - Activist
Shuhrat Ghaniev says EU could be useful “moderator” between authorities and NGOs.
30 Nov 13
Kenya Seeks Delay to ICC Trials
Analysts doubt request for United Nations Security Council to defer Kenyan trials in The Hague will be successful.
17 Oct 13
Journalist Sergei Naumov Released in Uzbekistan
He was freed from a police detention centre where staff had claimed they had no record of him.
3 Oct 13
Uzbek Journalist's Case Makes Waves
As international rights groups raise the alarm, people in Uzbekistan share their concerns on social networking sites.
1 Oct 13
Fears Mount Over "Disappeared" Uzbek Journalist
As uniformed police shrug their shoulders, human rights defender says Sergei Naumov may have been seized by secret service.
27 Sep 13
Journalist Held Incommunicado in Uzbekistan
Official refusal to disclose Sergei Naumov’s location raises fears of ill-treatment.
25 Sep 13
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