On June 11, foreign media reported that 600 workers on an oil rig belonging to the Italian company ENI went on strike in Nebitdag in the west of Turkmenistan. The protest was dispersed by paramilitary units of the interior and national security ministries, and 62 arrests were made. An NBCentralAsia source in the western Balkan […]
Can your Government do that?
Has your government… invoked an external and internal threat? established secret prisons? developed a paramilitary force? established constant surveillance for ordinary citizens? infiltrated citizens’ groups? arbitrarily detained and released citizens? targeted key individuals for persecution? restricted press coverage? defined criticism as ‘espionage’ and dissent as ‘treason’? subverted the rule of law? If you answered ‘yes’ […]
Cops and Robbers in Tajikistan
Showdown with alleged drug gang revives memories of civil war, but does not herald renewed violence. By Lola Olimova in Dushanbe This was no ordinary arrest – the police officers sent in to capture Suhrob Langariev and his group of alleged drug smugglers in southern Tajikistan were armed to the teeth and backed up by […]
Communist Regime in West Bengal Versus Mamata Banerjee
The Left Front led by Communist Party of India (Marxist), popularly known as CPM has completed 31 years of Governance in West Bengal this June’08 uninterrupted from June-1977. It is ironical that 1977 marked the end of Indian National Congress (INC) rule of 25 years at the Center from 1952 while the year1977 […]
Darjeeling Statehood Movement Taking Ethnic Turn?
The North Bengal Bandh call given by, ‘Amra Bangali’, a communal outfit, against attack on Bengali tourists by Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters in doors on11th June, started taking an ethnic turn in the morning of 12th June’08, the third day of statehood movement, as Nepalese and anti-Gorkhaland Bengalis fought with stones across Mahananda river […]
Serb Volunteers Accused of Further Crimes
Witness tells judges about Serb paramilitary attack on Bosnian village in 1992. By Denis Dzidic in The Hague A protected witness in the trial of Vojislav Seselj testified this week that Serb volunteers attacked his village, murdering around 20 residents before imprisoning the rest. Testifying in the Hague tribunal trial of Serb Radical […]
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