Tutti i temi: Asia Sudoccidentale

31.10.2005 Author Lauren Brodsky explores what the campaign efforts of one political candidate indicate about the state of democracy in Azerbaijan as the country prepares for November 6 general elections.

28.10.2005 The murder of a relief worker in Afghanistan less than a week after the killing of five local aid workers threatens to further undermine the country's stability and its fragile recovery process, says a leading development charity.

28.10.2005 As the remaining votes are tallied, it appears that Afghanistan's first fully elected parliament will be largely comprised of regional commanders suspected of having links to armed groups. Observers fear that disarmament may become more difficult as the militias gain power and legitimacy through elected office.

27.10.2005 Three activists have won the prestigious Human Rights Defender Award: Omid Memarian, a journalist and web-blogger from Iran, Salih Mahmoud Osman, lawyer and human rights activist from Darfur, and Beatrice Were, an advocate for the rights of women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Uganda.
* The "ladies in white", wives and mothers of imprisoned dissidents in Cuba, this week received the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, along with Nigerian lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim and Reporters Without Borders.

24.10.2005 The "Uzbekistan Development Gateway (UzDG)" component of the Centre for economic research in cooperation with Gender unit of the UNDP CO in the Republic of Uzbekistan developed the first edition of the "Gender equality in Uzbekistan" information e-newsletter.

21.10.2005 In the Uzbek government’s most recent effort to silence human rights defenders, a court in Tashkent ordered a prominent human rights activist to undergo forcible psychiatric treatment.

19.10.2005 Nuori afgaaninainen Shakiba Adil pääsi opiskelutovereineen haastattelemaan ja kuvaamaan afgaaninaisia talibanien rikkirepimässä maassa. Syntynyt dokumentti kertoo karusti, miten afgaaninaiset elävät ja tulevat toimeen syrjäisimmillä seuduilla.

17.10.2005 The editor of a women's rights magazine has been accused of publishing anti-Islamic articles and faces a 10-15 year prison sentence. Write the U.S. State Department and urge them to take action on behalf of women's rights and freedom of speech in Afghanistan, urges the Feminist Majority Foundation.

14.10.2005 The fourth issue of TV-Programme supported by UNDP ICTP project will be broadcasted on Tuesday October 11 and will be retransmitted on Friday October 14 on “Yoshlar” Channel of Uzbek national television.

13.10.2005 After ten years supporting independent media in the country, and ten minutes of deliberation by Tashkent's city court, Internews has been forced to close up shop. Following a maelstrom of popular uprisings in the region, Uzbek authorities have cracked-down on non-governmental organizations over the past 18 months.

07.10.2005 Friday marks four years since U.S. troops invaded Afghanistan, but many Afghan refugees are still living in camps in Pakistan. American University photography student Satomi Kato offers a glimpse into their lives.

07.10.2005 Four years after U.S. troops entered Afghanistan, the country has established a relatively stable government. But its people are experiencing a revived insurgency, increased death tolls, and an economy dependent upon foreign aid and the drug trade, reports Jim Lobe.

05.10.2005 Rights groups have welcomed the EU's decision to impose sanctions on Uzbekistan, but are warning that as long as Russia and China remain ready to support the country financially, they may not have the desired impact.

03.10.2005 A human rights activist who opposed the government account of the Andijan massacre--when Uzbek security forces opened fire on a crowd killing hundreds--has been detained and charged with terrorism. An international appeal is demanding the government assure his safety and stop commiting abuses in the name of the "war on terror."

03.10.2005 A local power struggle--not a "radical Islamic conspiracy," as the government has suggested--led to the events of May 13, when Uzbek security forces fired on peaceful demonstrators, killing hundreds, explains an unidentified source afraid of government retribution.