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RIA Novosti 07.04.2010, 17:15 3 comments

Will Kyrgyzstan’s unrest change the political situation in the country?

Clashes between protesters and police in Kyrgyzstan have continued on Wednesday, spreading to the capital Bishkek. Human rights organizations have described the situation in the country as "complex."

It’s estimated, during World War I up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed; two thirds of the Armenian population (1,75 millions) were deported to Syria and Palestine; 600 000 were either killed or died of starvation during the journey. 05.03.2010, 17:40 14 comments

Turkey warns US over Armenian “genocide” resolution

The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has approved a resolution that recognizes the World War I-era deaths of Armenians in Ottoman-era Turkey as an act of “genocide”.

Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz opposition supporters. (AFP Photo / Vyacheslav Oseledko) 20.04.2010, 17:30 2 comments

More unrest in Kyrgyzstan as new government takes control

Bishkek’s major Central Asian marketplace, Dordoi, according to Itar-Tass news agency, came under attack on Tuesday after several hundred people broke through the cordons of market guards and started looting the market.

10.06.2010, 23:50 39 comments

The silencing of Helen Thomas and the First Amendment

From the time of Eisenhower to Barack Obama, Helen Thomas enjoyed a 57-year stint working as a Washington correspondent, until an ill-advised comment on Israel sent her into early retirement.

An image grab taken from a video broadcast by Iran's state-run English-language Press TV on July 14, 2010, shows Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri (AFP Photo / DSK) 14.07.2010, 16:23 20 comments

A long, strange trip for “defected” Iranian scientist

In March, US media reported on the “defection” of Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who went missing in Saudi Arabia who is now accusing US officials of abducting him.

27.07.2010, 17:46 21 comments

US “sparked Russian spy sensation” in wake of WikiLeaks broadside

In an effort to distract attention from the release of thousands of secret documents on the Afghanistan War, the US rounded up 11 Russian “spies” according to internal sources.

23.07.2010, 16:04 15 comments

Russia accuses US special services of lawlessness after “abduction” of pilot

As Moscow expresses its outrage at the detention of a Russian pilot in Liberia and his extradition to the US, Washington has apologized for failing to promptly provide notice about the details of the case.

RIA Novosti / Mikhail Klementev, POOL 29.07.2010, 11:20 14 comments

Medvedev expands FSB powers

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a bill expanding the powers of the Federal Security Service (FSB). The new legislation will come into force after it is officially published.

AFP Photo / Alexey Sazonov 20.03.2010, 19:37 10 comments

“Rally of Wrath” demands action from the government

Thousands of Russians have taken to the streets to participate in so-called “Day of Wrath” opposition rallies all over the country.

RIA Novosti / Andrey Stenin, STF 27.04.2010, 17:01 1 comment

Former Kyrgyz president charged with mass murder and polygamy in absentia

Ousted Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev has been charged in absentia of mass killings, polygamy, and corruption by the interim government and some human rights groups in the country.

Graffiti - the only free media in Kazakhstan?

Published: 14 May, 2009, 20:50


In protest against a new law regulating the media, internet activists in Kazakhstan have worked out their own bill which gives walls and fences the status of media sources.

 
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