Crime Documented on YouTube: Executed by Hanging in Tehran
Region: IranBy Hooman Askary Two young men, Alireza Mafiha and Mohammad Ali Sarvari, were executed by hanging in Tehran, Iran in the early hours of January 20, 2013 before the eyes of public spectators [1] [warning: graphic p... more
Views: 1172Afghan-US Deal Raises Controversy
Region: AfghanistanPresident Karzai's opponents say he should not allow US forces to stay on, while others see this as essential to Afghanistan’s future. By Mina Habib - Afghan... more
Views: 790Illegal Mining in Ukraine
Region: UkraineBy Veronica Khokhlova Donetsk [1]-based blogger Stanislav Kmet (LJ user frankensstein) visited Severnyi, a decaying coal-mining village in eastern Ukraine, after a group of local residents emailed him asking for help i... more
Views: 769Armenia’s Government Delays in Passing Conscientious Objection Law
Region: ArmeniaDespite international court ruling, Jehovah’s Witnesses who refuse to perform alternative service under military command risk prosecution. By Gayane Mkrtchyan Armenia’s government ap... more
Views: 546Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border Area Mired Conflict
Region: UzbekistanRow over location of electricity poles erupts into violence, reflecting deeper tensions in Kyrgyz-Uzbek border areas. By Altynai Myrzabekova, Inga Sikorskaya, Anvar Khaldarov After skirmis... more
Views: 847Kabul: Face-to-Face Meeting with Taleban
Region: AfghanistanParis conference latest attempt to talk about talking peace. By Mina Habib, It may not have amounted to formal peace talks, but a two-day meeting outside Paris last month at which Taleban repres... more
Views: 695Twitter:: “The First Defection Negotiation in History"
Region: Syrian Arab RepublicBy Leila Nachawati Rego Following reports that former Syrian spokesman Jihad Makdissi had fled to the US, on 25 December activist Rami Jarrah, [1] also known as Alexander Page, released private Twitter messages that sho... more
Views: 752Afghanistan 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: 915Kindergarten Cops: State Surveillance in Turkmenistan
Region: TurkmenistanBy News Briefing Central Asia State surveillance in Turkmenistan is now so all-pervasive that kindergartens are compiling dossiers on pre-school children to keep track of who their relatives are. St... more
Views: 825Egypt: “So which article do you oppose?”
Region: EgyptBy Rayna St. Recent events in Egypt have demonstrated the deepening rift [1] between the ruling Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and an increasing proportion of the population. President Mohamed Morsi first issued a decree makin... more
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