Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Friday, April 25, 2014 - 09:45
Experts say the case highlight chronic bullying problems in the military and is likely to encourage future conscripts to evade the call-up.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:45
As Kenya’s police force begins the latest step in a major vetting process as part of a reform of the service, security experts and human rights groups warn that more needs to be done to deal with an institutionalised pattern of abuses.
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 10:30
Officials in Tajikistan recorded a big rise in the number of people trafficked in and out of Tajikistan last year, 679 compared with 524 in 2012.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 12:32
It was not so much fear of a similar military intervention as a more general concern about Russia’s willingness to rough up its former Soviet neighbours.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 09:46
Suspects are particularly vulnerable to torture at the pre-trial stage, as coercion is an easy way to extract confessions that will secure a guilty verdict at trial, regardless of whether the suspect is guilty or innocent.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 12:21
Police in Uzbekistan commonly use torture as a way of extracting confessions, which then form the basis for sure-fire convictions in a court system heavily weighted towards the prosecution.
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 07:39
Most of these groups are denied official registration, which means they have no formal status or recognition, and their members are vulnerable to harassment and detention by Uzbekistan’s powerful police force.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 11:56
At this point, the Kyrgyz government made it clear it had major reservations, and argued that its views had not been properly taken into account when the roadmap was formulated.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 13:47
Convicted of corruption and sexual offences, Zayd Saidov was arrested shortly after setting up an opposition party.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:35
The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are triumphant at the defeat of the M23 rebel group, but analysts warn that other rebel groups will need to be subdued if peace is to be achieved in the east of the country.