Turkey detains editor, top staff at opposition newspaper
By HUMEYRA PAMUK and DAREN BUTLER Reuters Turkish police detained the editor and senior staff of a leading opposition newspaper on Monday over its alleged [more >>>]
Month: October 2016
Azerbaijan: Relentless Crackdown on Critics
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH False Front of Reform; Revolving Door of Arrests (Berlin) – The Azerbaijani government has renewed its vicious crackdown on critics and independent [more >>>]
‘What about our human rights?’: Kurds feel force of Turkey’s crackdown
By CONSTANZE LETSCH The Guardian Ahmet stood on a roof in the district of Sur in Diyarbakır and watched as two bulldozers razed his family [more >>>]
Georgia Reaches Out for the Ethnic Vote
By SADDAM ALIYEV and EDITA BADASYAN* Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) Armenian and Azerbaijani voters are finally being wooed by politicians. On the [more >>>]