Azerbaijan: Is Platform for Peace an Olive Branch or PR Stunt?
By ZAUR SHIRIYEV* EurasiaNet At a time when the prospects for peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan seem as bleak as ever, the unprecedented appearance in [more >>>]
Three days that shook Strasbourg – human rights and corruption
By GERALD KNAUS ESI newsletter 2/2017 This newsletter as PDF A gathering storm Winter session – denouncing corruption in PACE Swiss, Nordics, Baltics, Benelux The [more >>>]
Turks Face a Choice: Erdoğan or Democracy
by SARABRYNN HUDGINS* Freedom House Now that constitutional amendments on a stronger presidency have cleared the parliament, referendum voters must decide whether to endorse their [more >>>]
Transparency International calls on Council of Europe to investigate vote buying allegations
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL Transparency International and six of its European chapters today called on the three top officials of the Council of Europe to investigate serious [more >>>]
Time stands still for the award-winning photographer Daro Sulakauri with her project, Double Alien
By ROSIE FLANAGAN freundevonfreunden.com Invisible conflict explored against the vast plains of southern Georgia, Samtskhe Javakheti “Whenever I go back to Samtskhe Javakheti I feel [more >>>]
Turkey: Pro-government newspapers rewarded with state-sponsored advertising
INDEX ON CENSORSHIP MAGAZINE Imprisoned journalists make headlines, but the Turkish government has a more insidious method for controlling the media, researchers BURAK BILGEHAN ÖZPEK [more >>>]
Blogger jailed in Belarus faces extradition to Azerbaijan
COMMITTEE to PROTECT JOURNALISTS New York, January 13, 2017–Belarussian authorities should unconditionally release Aleksandr Lapshin, a Russian-Israeli blogger detained in the capital Minsk on an [more >>>]
Armenia: Helping people in border villages find alternative income opportunities
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC) Security issues continue to affect farming activities of people in Tavush region living in communities along the international [more >>>]
A European swamp – corruption and human rights
By GERALD KNAUS Newsletter 8/2016, European Stability Initiative (ESI) This newsletter as PDF A European Swamp “Your gifts are very precious” Investigation What next in [more >>>]
Artsakh Ombudsman Issues Second Report on Azerbaijani War Crimes
Asbarez STEPANAKERT, Artsakh—Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s (Artsakh) Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Ruben Melikyan published on December 9 the second interim report on atrocities committed by Azerbaijan during [more >>>]