Afghanistan Considered One of the Most Corrupt Countries
Region: AfghanistanBy Omid Bidar Afghanistan is considered the world's most corrupt country, ranking roughly on par with North Korea and Somalia in an annual survey [1] of 176 nations published on December 5 by Transparency International [2... more
Views: 920Afghanistan: Taliban Blamed for Shocking Public Execution
Region: Afghanistan
By Omid Bidar In early July, an Afghan woman was executed [1] publicly in a small village in the Parwan province, about an hour's drive from the capital Kabul. The 22-year-old woman was reportedly killed after two... more
Views: 2295Georgia: Access to All Channels
Region: GeorgiaCable operators required to carry all TV channels, not just regime-friendly ones, ahead of October polls. By Nana Kurashvili Under pressure from opposit... more
Views: 923Tajikistan: The Economics of Drug Trade in a Poor Country
Region: TajikistanWritten by Alexander Sodiqov It sometimes takes a story published in a foreign magazine to spark a discussion in a society where local media is tightly controlled. In Tajikistan, it took an article run by the The Econom... more
Views: 981Iran: Turning a Page on Racism Against Afghans
Region: AfghanistanWritten byFred Petrossian Several bloggers expressed their disgust at learning that Afghans living in Isfahan, Iran were banned from a park by the authorities on April 1, 2012, the 13th day of Nowruz New Ye... more
Views: 1123Armenia: Young Author Faces Military Censorship
Region: ArmeniaWritten by Onnik Krikorian Hovhannes Ishkhanyan, a 24-year-old computer programmer and, like many others, a former conscript in the Armenian military has found himself in hot water in the former Soviet repu... more
Views: 1152Russian “Provocations” Anger Georgia
Region: Georgia
By Nana Kurashvili in Tbilisi Relations between Tbilisi and Moscow have taken another turn for the worse, following the NATO summit in Bucharest in which Georgia took another step towards alliance membership, albeit not a... more
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