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Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:46
Zeman took less than a day to issue a blunt response to an open letter signed by 31 rights organizations calling on him to reconsider the invitation, citing Karimov's well-documented use of torture and forced labor in its cotton trade.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 08:28
Mammadyarov said the Southern Gas Corridor project was "open if Iraq is also interested to deliver their own natural gas."
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 07:10
Some 1,000 inmates in the penitentiary have been on hunger strike since February 7, protesting what they call abusive prison conditions.
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 06:43
In a statement issued on February 7, Steve Swerdlow of the New York-based rights watchdog said, "Saidov's conviction starkly illustrates that the Tajik government will neither accept criticism nor the role of opposition parties in a democratic society."
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 06:41
Turkmenistan has been called an isolationist state and a "hermit kingdom" for many reasons, but one reason is surely the difficulty of getting objective information from the country.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 08:22
Three independent bloggers in Kazakhstan have been sentenced to 10 days in jail on minor hooliganism charges.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 08:17
Fuele said Brussels expects Moscow not to interfere in Georgia and Moldova's efforts to sign Association Agreements with the European Union later this year.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 08:15
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has stopped short of promising that Georgia will receive a membership action plan (MAP) at a NATO summit later this year.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 08:10
In what is being described as a "first," one of Uzbekistan's highest courts has agreed to consider a complaint from a rights activist against Uzbek police.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 08:07
Armenia's National Security Service (HAAT) said on February 5 that 61-year-old retired police Colonel Khachik Martirosian was arrested in Yerevan on January 31.