Section: Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Afghanistan: Female Prisoners Jailed Far From Home
Lack of facilities in Kunar province means inmates are forced to serve their sentences elsewhere.Standing patiently in line outside the gates of Nangahar jail, 54-year-old Khatona wept as she waited to see her daughter Marina. Khatona – who asked for both her and her child’s names be changed to protect their identities – said...
Russian Crisis Continues to Bite for Labour Migrants
Kyrgystan’s membership of a Moscow-led trading bloc has softened the blow for its citizens, but Uzbeks and Tajiks are clearly suffering.The Russian economic crisis continues to bite for Central Asian labour migrants, with thousands of Tajik and Uzbek nationals returning home as remittances plummet. The exception to the trend appears to be...
Armenia Wants Best of Both Worlds
Six months ago, it looked like Armenia had made a final, definitive choice to align itself with Russia rather than the European Union. But now the government in Yerevan seems to be reaching out to Brussels again and seeking something like the kind of Association Agreement that it abandoned nearly two years ago – and officials insist that Moscow...
