Civil Society
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:30
After Tajik colonel Gulmuro Halimov joined ISIS and called on his fellow citizens to follow him, Kazakhstan has been worried that something similar might happen in their country as well.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:13
More than 70 percent of the Kyrgyz that have gone to join ISIS are of Uzbek descent, Ryspek Abdysatarov, a representative of Kyrgyzstan’s Secretariat of the Council of Defense.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 07:02
A Numerical Recap of Latin America's Current Security Situation.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 06:18
Ismayilova published a letter in The New York Times on June 11 to mark the opening of the first-ever European Games. Two days later, state news media were distributing what purported to be the same letter, but differs wildly from Ismayilova's original.
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 07:03
Concerned at the recent armed clashes amid the ongoing peace talks on Colombia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, today said these incidents have the potential to “derail” a long sought peace process, increasing risks for the civilian population.
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 06:40
As Azerbaijan’s government prepares to host the first European Games in Baku starting June 12, it is hoping once again to paper over its paranoid authoritarian rule with a lavish display of wealth and international prestige.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 07:15
The Colombian military, with the help of FARC guerrillas, has begun clearing landmines in a small town in the north of the country where the number of explosives exceed the number of inhabitants.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 06:56
Personal accounts of citizens from Nuevo Israel, a marginal community located just northwest of central San Salvador.
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 06:12
Mexico's government has moved about 40,000 federal police, soldiers and marines into Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guerrero and Michoacan states ahead of Sunday's vote. National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said the operation to dispatch federal police had started on Friday.
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 05:44
Five years after the tragic events that left over 400 people dead across southern Kyrgyzstan, the wounds are still fresh. Prosecutors disproportionately targeted ethnic Uzbeks, though it was mostly ethnic Uzbeks who suffered the violence.