Future Looks Grim for Syrian Activists
As western officials court Syria, human rights appear low on the agenda.
As western officials court Syria, human rights appear low on the agenda.
Given the lack of dialogue between Vojvodina and Serbia, the province’s future may well rest on its success in playing the EU card.
The attempt to forge a Serb state within Croatia left a tragic human legacy.
Some 30,000 Serb families who used to live in Croatia have missed out in the property restitution process because their homes were publicly rather than privately owned.
Long lines of cars waiting for fuel that rarely arrive form a strange subculture, with engine-less vehicles joining the queue, and street kids sleeping in Mercedes.
Following its break with the US, Tashkent moves to forge ties with Russia and China.
The first trial of Andijan “terrorists” looks decidedly staged, but can the government really close off access to other views of what happened.
By Eric Witte in Luxembourg (Africa Reports No 44, 17-Oct-05)
Constitutional referendum proved that minorities not only have a voice, but their voices can effect change.