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IWPR Caucasus Programme: Regional Dialogue & Governance Reporting This programme works with print journalists in the North and South Caucasus to raise professional standards, heighten awareness of human rights, corruption and governance, and improve communication within a region divided by conflict and misunderstanding.
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Caucasus: May '09
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25 Jun 09 | Caucasus Reporting Service  499
As number of bank defaulters expands almost tenfold in only a year, calls grow for government to step in.
By Natia Kuprashvili in Tbilisi (CRS No. 499, 25-June-09)
The global recession has ended a brief era of prosperity and left most people without jobs.
By Sara Khojoian (CRS No. 499, 25-June-09)
Fate of package of amendments lies in balance following heated protests from civil society groups.
By Samira Ahmedbeyli in Baku (CRS No. 499, 25-June-09)
 
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19 Jun 09 | Caucasus Reporting Service  298
Authorities offer incentives for refugees to return, but little grows on their land and employment prospects are grim.
By Lusine Musaelian in Stepanakert (CRS No. 498, 19-June-09)
Dispute over Catholics’ use of Orthodox church highlights problems faced by Georgian minority faiths.
By Fati Mamiashvili in Tbilisi (CRS No. 498, 19-June-09)
Azerbaijan’s web users claim censorship and poor quality of service.
By Maharram Zeynalov in Baku (CRS No. 498, 19-June-09)
Project Highlights
Journalists in ethnic Azeri province of Georgia say IWPR has helped to markedly improve their reporting skills.
By IWPR staff (23-Jun-09)
Reporting Impact
IWPR-supported radio programme in war-torn part of Georgia got officials to deal with local problems.
By IWPR staff (23-Jun-09)
12 Jun 09 | Caucasus Reporting Service  297
Special Report: Karabakh Refugees
By Oliver Bullough, Caucasus Editor (CRS No. 497, 12-June-09)
With no sign of Karabakh stand-off being resolved, refugees will remain in legal and economic limbo, their lives frozen by the frozen conflict.
By Karine Ohanian in Stepanakert, Seymur Kyazimov in Baku and Gegham Vardanian in Yerevan (CRS No. 497, 12-June-09)
Senior aid official says international community needs to improve skills of those displaced by war to improve their employment prospects.
By IWPR staff (CRS No. 497, 12-June-09)
Armenian refugee describes dangers that prompted her to flee – but says she yearns to see her old home again.
By Karine Ohanian in Stepanakert (CRS No. 497, 12-June-09)
Azeri refugee in Baku worries about her boys’ future, saying even if they were to return home they wouldn’t fit in.
By Seymur Kyazimov in Baku (CRS No. 497, 12-June-09)
A decade and a half after the fighting ceased, many refugees are still waiting for proper housing.
By Gegham Vardanian in Yerevan (CRS No. 497, 12-June-09)
5 Jun 09 | Caucasus Reporting Service  496
South Ossetian leader must improve living conditions for locals in wake of election or risk support switching to opposition, warn analysts.
By Alan Tskhurbaev in Tskhinvali (CRS No. 496, 5-June-09)
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International watchdog monitoring poll said it “witnessed the collapse of the Armenian electoral system as an institution”.
By Sara Khojoian in Yerevan (CRS No. 496, 5-June-09)
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29 May 09 | Caucasus Reporting Service  495
Analysts say split that's opened up in opposition ranks letting President Saakashvili off the hook.
By Tamar Kadagidze and Tamar Kvirtia in Tbilisi (CRS No. 495, 29-May-09)
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Continued closure of Russian-Georgian border crossing leaves Armenia cut off from its most important market.
By Naira Melkumian in Yerevan (CRS No. 495, 29-May-09)
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Fund for the Family of Slain Afghan Journalist Javed "Jojo" Yazamy
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Asia Times OnlineExperts say that saffron is being grown in 16 provinces of Afghanistan, but the bulk of the product comes from Herat, in the west of the country, reports IWPR trainee Farooq Faizi.
Philadelphia InquirerEmad Al-shara, an IWPR-trained journalist in Iraq, says spate of attacks largely directed at Baghdad's Shia fueling concerns that sectarian and political violence may be returning to city.
IWPR international justice reporter Katy Glassborow speaks to the BBC World Service Focus on Africa programme about Darfur rebel leader Abu Garda's initial appearance at the International Criminal Court.
Globa and MailIn First Kill Your Family, [IWPR] journalist and Africa hand Peter Eichstaedt offers shocking details from the first-hand experiences of people who have participated in the war in northern Uganda as children and adults.
The IndependentLisa Clifford, a reporter for IWPR, says the Al-Bashir arrest warrant and other controversies have damaged the reputation of the international criminal court.
The IndependentIn southern provinces [of Afghanistan], up to 70 per cent of Taliban fighters are non-ideological unemployed young men given a gun before each attack and paid a pittance according to a report by IWPR.
National Post logo"The Taliban, for all their faults, have proven to have a fairly sophisticated media policy," said Jean MacKenzie, IWPR Afghanistan director.
IWPR reporter Katy Glassborow says it would be "absolutely devastating to the reputation of the [ICC]" if judges decide there is no case to answer [against Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir] on the charge of genocide.
IWPR Iraq editor Neil Arun discusses the outcome and significance of the Iraqi provincial elections.
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Armenia's Communist Haven
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Azeri Elections '05
Georgia's Tumultuous Year
Armenia's Yezidis
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