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Georgia: Government using “excessive force” against protesters
Dec 5, 2024 · (Photo: newsgeorgia.ge) Georgia appears caught in a vicious cycle in which intensifying anti-government protests prompt authorities to respond with the escalating use of force and repression.
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Dec 11, 2024 · Seven independent journalists and one politician receive four months of pre-trial detention.
One island, two countries: A look at how Chinese-Russian
Jun 14, 2024 · The bridge from mainland China to the half of the Bolshoy Ussuriysky island controlled by Beijing. (Photo: Akihiro Iwashita) Not too long ago, tension over possession of islands in the rivers that form the Russian-Chinese frontier led to armed confrontation.
Georgia: Government struggles to contain protests | Eurasianet
Dec 3, 2024 · Leadership facing dissent from within. Georgia: Government struggles to contain protests Leadership facing dissent from within.
Protests widen in Georgia | Eurasianet
Dec 2, 2024 · A protest in Tbilisi. (Photo: Jelger Groeneveld, CC BY-ND 2.0, t.ly/9iwmV) Protests are gaining strength in Georgia, with thousands, unfazed by the use of force by riot police, gathering every night to occupy streets of central Tbilisi.
Environmental challenges posing threats to food security, public …
Oct 2, 2024 · Politicians and city planners discuss an infrastructure project in Rustavi, Georgia. Rapid urbanization in the South Caucasus fueled by spiking countryside-to-city migration has become a burgeoning challenge.
Uzbekistan: Purge underway inside power ministries
Nov 27, 2024 · Uzbekistan: Purge underway inside power ministries Apparent infighting prompts president to make changes. Nov 27, 2024
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan reach 90 percent agreement on border
Feb 6, 2024 · Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have inched further forward to a final settlement to end decades of acrimonious disputes by agreeing on the delimitation of 90 percent of previously contested territory.
Cryptocurrency making inroads in Central Asia and Caucasus
Nov 30, 2024 · (Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0) Cryptocurrency ownership is gaining popularity across Central Asia and the Caucasus, according to a report prepared by a group of financial services companies.