IHD: 3,840 Detentions, 669 Arrests in Kurdish Cities
BIA News Desk Turkey’s Human Right Association (IHD) Diyarbakır Province Branch released an annual report on the human right violations in the southeastern Kurdish cities, [more >>>]
Month: January 2015
Quota system in Georgian universities helps ethnic minorities, but is easy to abuse
By INGA POPOVAITE Democracy and Freedom Watch TBILISI, DFWatch- The possibility to study Georgian intensively for one year and then to continue studies in any [more >>>]
Well-known journalist gets five years on absurd charge
Reporters Without Borders The latest victim of the crackdown that the authorities began last summer is the well-known journalist Seymour Khazi, who was sentenced to [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: Are Rumors Replacing News in Azerbaijan?
By NARGIZ RASHID Eurasianet.org The media climate is growing so grim in Azerbaijan that some observers are reminded of an old Soviet-era adage that just [more >>>]
Washington Times hearts Azerbaijan
By ERIK WEMPLE* The Washington Post Open up the print version of today’s Washington Times, and out pops a standalone section titled “Azerbaijan: A Quarter [more >>>]
Burton’s wild imagination
By ARZU GEYBULLA Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines Nah, unfortunately it wont be Tim Burton I will be writing about. Although I wish it was. [more >>>]
Karabakh Still Freer Than Azerbaijan, Says U.S. Watchdog
Azatutyun.am RFE/RL Nagorno-Karabakh remains a “partly free” territory governed by a less repressive administration than Azerbaijan, the U.S. human rights group Freedom House said in [more >>>]
Armenia: Families of missing persons renovate homes with ICRC loans
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Families of missing persons are finally able to renovate their run-down homes, thanks to loans from the ICRC [more >>>]
Turkey’s Politics of Fatigue
By ELIF SHAFAK* The New York Times LONDON — Before a recent interview in Istanbul, I was talking to the journalist about Turkish politics. After [more >>>]
Eren Keskin Sentenced to 10 Months Due to Article 301
BIA News Desk Çerkezköy 1st Assize Court convicted human rights advocate Eren Keskin to 10 months of prison due to Article 301 when she said [more >>>]