Arab Spring at Azerbaijan’s Door

MOSCOW - Campaigners are asking the Azerbaijan government to introduce radical reforms early to avoid a popular uprising sweeping the Arab world. Opposition leaders and rights activists have mobilized large protests in March and early April, and plan more—despite the...

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Press Freedom Another Casualty in Chechnya

MOSCOW - A year after elections, little promise is in sight for the development of free and independent media in the autonomous republic of Chechnya. The republic under President Alu Alkhanov continues to suppress the few remaining opposition media, while any new ones...

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