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 The closer the presidential elections in Azerbaijan, the stronger the tension, rivalry and disagreements. The situation is heated up by the continuing absence from the country of the incumbent president and main presidential candidate, Geidar Aliyev. Though there is valid reason for his absence: the 80-year-old head of state is seriously ill. Full Story...Where are we going?
 The bitter experience of political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet times makes it difficult for citizens of our great country not to shudder nervously on hearing the word “psychiatrist” and to shiver on learning about imminent changes in Russian legislation on psychiatric treatment. And not without reason. Full Story...Private houses being demolished in Cuba
 Authorities in eastern provinces of Cuba have launched an eviction campaign, resettling owners of private houses to multi-storied Soviet-type apartment blocks unsuitable for the tropical climate. Full Story...Business with corpses
 In Kirgizia a new scandal is brewing: parliamentary deputies are dealing with the question of how human bodies and organs were able to be exported to Germany for an exhibition organised by the famous doctor Guenter von Hagens. At the parliamentary session, shocking details of the affair were aired by the former director of the Bishkek medical institute. Full Story...Supreme Court refuses to inquire into Chechen referendum
 The “For Human Rights” Movement on September 4 suffered yet another defeat in its “battle” with the president and the Central Election Commission. The human rights group was trying – through the Supreme Court of Russia -- to challenge the legality of the constitutional referendum in Chechnya held on March 23. Today the Supreme Court has, for the second time, refused to accept their application for consideration. Full Story... On the bad and good of drugs
 On August 29 of this year police in the Russian town of Liski in Voronezh region broke up a gathering of members of a Pentecostal church that were going to hold a charity action under the slogan “You’re not a drug target”. Full Story...Belarussian human rights defenders forced to go underground
Belarussian authorities are going to shut down “Legal Aid to Citizens”, the biggest human rights organization in this country. On September 5 the Minsk city court is scheduled to start hearings of a suit filed by the justice department of the Minsk city executive committee. Minsk city authorities seek closure of the human rights organization on the grounds of alleged irregularities revealed during an inspection carried out on July 18 of this year. Full Story...Former government minister stands trial of International Tribunal
 On September 1 the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) -- which sits in the Tanzanian capital Arusha -- commenced hearings in the case of Emmanuel Ndindabahizi, who was minister of finance in the interim government of Rwanda in 1994. Full Story...Girls in green, boys in scull-caps
In the first week of September Russia and Turkmenistan’s authorities are expected to get together to discuss the issue of double citizenship. Ahead of this event, in very late August, all Russian-language schools in Turkmenistan were ordered to urgently arrange that starting from September 1 of this year the teaching in the fourth and fifth grades be done only in Turkmen. Full Story...A hunger strike of the Cuban political prisoners in Holguin province
 Political prisoners held in a jail of Holguin province in the East of Cuba are keeping a time-unlimited hunger strike since 15 of August. The dissidents demand from prison authorities that they be allowed to receive medicines and food for the prisoners suffering from chronic diseases. Full Story...[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] |
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