RFE/RL Caucasus Report
10/7/2011 8:07:21 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the South Caucasus and Russia's North Caucasus region.
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European Human Rights Commissioner Criticizes Russia's 'Atmosphere Of Impunity'
To mark the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, RFE/RL Russian Service correspondent Danila Galperovich spoke with Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg about that case, as well as about other high-profile murder investigations and key human rights issues in Russia. More 
Podcast: Paying The Price For Reporting The Truth, Plus Harvesting Hash On Horseback
In Episode 39, going to jail in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan simply for reporting the truth; harvesting marijuana by horseback in Central Asia; the 9/11 generation confronts the horror of war; plus Moldova's Ethno Jazz Festival. More 
Turkey Urged On Armenia 'Genocide'
In a move that has irked Ankara, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has urged Turkey to recognize the World War I-era massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as "genocide." More 
4 Tried In Baku For Attacking Foreigners
Four men have gone on trial in Baku accused of assaulting a U.S. journalist and a British rights activist in the Azerbaijani capital four months ago. More 
Happy Birthday, Ramzan!
Be sure to wish Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov a happy birthday today. But be careful about your gift-giving -- this birthday boy is a fickle one. More 
Armenian Opposition Steps Up Protests
Armenia's opposition leader has called on the president to reopen public toilets in central Yerevan, which were closed in what the opposition says is an apparent bid to hinder its protests. More 
South Ossetian Election Campaign Heats Up
With six weeks to go before the presidential election, the chances of a peaceful transition of power in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region are dwindling after the Central Election Commission refused to register as a candidate for the ballot popular opposition leader Dzhambolat Tedeyev. More 
U.S. 'Regrets' Azerbaijani Sentences
The U.S. Embassy in Baku has expressed regret at the sentencing of four opposition politicians for their role in a protest six months ago. More 
Fatullayev: 'I'm Still Here -- Alive, Working, and Telling the Truth'
Eynulla Fatullayev relied on Yesenin, Solzhenitsyn, and his own will to survive four grueling years in Azerbaijani prisons. Now he's free, newly married, and ready to keep his country from turning into a "political desert." More 
Three Azeri Opposition Figures Jailed
Three Azerbaijani opposition figures have been jailed for 2 1/2 years over an antigovernment protest in April that was broken up by police. More Armenian opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian "consulted" thousands of his supporters at the latest in a series of gatherings in central Yerevan before declaring the start of what he described as "nonstop rallies" to put more pressure on government officials to resign. More 
At Summit, EU Chides Minsk, Kyiv
It was a meeting that was supposed to highlight Poland's attempts to bring some of the European Union's eastern neighbors closer to the EU. Instead, the Eastern Partnership summit in Warsaw will be remembered for the EU's strong condemnation of the situation in Belarus and its concerns about the fate of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. More |
