Human Rights
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 06:46
Uzbekistan has introduced new no-go areas for bloggers, tightening up a media environment that is already among the most repressive in the world.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 06:40
There is good news coming out of Azerbaijan these days. But much of it seems to be coming from the Twitter feed of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 06:00
Somali authorities said on Tuesday they would investigate charges that women and girls in the capital Mogadishu had been raped by African peacekeepers, a principal source of security in the war-torn country.
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 07:11
The Council of Europe's human rights chief has harshly criticized Azerbaijani authorities over what he says is the deterioration of human rights and basic freedoms in the oil-producing Caspian Sea country.
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 07:10
Uzbekistan has a new restrictions on what bloggers can post online, prohibiting content that could be perceived as "defaming the honor and dignity" of individual citizens.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 06:24
Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court on September 3 rejected a jailed human rights activist's appeal for a review of the case against him.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 06:40
Police in Azerbaijan's Abseron district have detained a well-known opposition journalist named Seymur Hazi.
Friday, August 29, 2014 - 07:44
В грузинских колониях в настоящее время проводят акцию протеста в виде голодовки 32 заключенных, сообщил 28 августа заместитель министра по исполнению наказаний и пробации Грузии Арчил Талаквадзе. По его словам, среди требований заключенных – пересмотр их дел.
Friday, August 29, 2014 - 07:39
Dozens of people have been forcibly disappeared in Turkmenistan, some for more than a decade, a coalition of human rights groups called the Prove They Are Alive! campaign said today in connection with the International Day of the Disappeared, which is on August 30, 2014. The government of Turkmenistan should immediately inform the relatives of the disappeared of their fate and whereabouts and allow them access to their loved ones.
Friday, August 29, 2014 - 07:36
Transparency International’s office in Baku says it is being forced to suspend some of its projects in Azerbaijan because of problems receiving funds through its bank in Baku, RFE/RL reports.