Rule of law

Afghans Hostage to Corruption

Everyone knows it’s undermining the country, but no one has a solution.

Highway Robbery on Major Afghan Road

IWPR reporter finds evidence of arbitrary, undocumented taxation on road through Laghman province.

The Real Cost of Bureaucracy in Cuba

Housing procedures are complex and protracted, but can be helped along with a bribe.

Tashkent Squashes Another Investor

Turkmenistan Builds New Model Prison

Swedish Court Clears Suspects in Uzbek Dissident Attack

Afghanistan: Fast-Track Customs in Nangarhar

Armenia: Restaurant Killing Raises Broader Concerns

Groundswell of anger over fatal assault on doctor who was barred, then beaten for dressing too casually.

Show Trials in Turkmenistan

Corporate Secrecy Shock in Azerbaijan

Critics accuse officials of passing self-serving law to conceal their own business interests.