The 14-year-old girl was attacked by a 28-year-old man after she organised a commemoration for a schoolgirl who committed suicide after being bullied.
Georgian riot police deploy rubber bullets and tear gas in Pankisi hydropower protest
Local residents were protesting the resumption of work on a hydropower plant in the valley.
In pictures | Tbilisi’s lemon vendors — the hardships of selling lemons to survive
Selling lemons in the streets at ₾1 for a bag of 5, Tbilisi’s lemon vendors — almost exclusively elderly women — struggle to scrape out a living.
Armenia’s blind struggle to find a livelihood
Faced with ignorance and discrimination, finding work as a blind person is a difficult task.
To change the system from within or without — the dilemma for feminists in ‘New Armenia’
A debate is raging within the country’s feminist circles: how best to transform Armenia's patriarchal systems?
Is this the beginning of a recycling revolution in Azerbaijan?
While the Ministry of Environment sees the solution through private and public initiatives, the public expects regulatory actions.
Silence in the courtroom: how one of Chechnya’s last human rights defenders was convicted on drug charges
Oyub Titiyev is the latest victim of Russia’s campaign against civil society in the North Caucasus.
Natia Kapanadze dismissed as Adjara TV director
NGOs and opposition parties had expressed fears that her dismissal would put media freedom at risk.
Georgian PM dismisses Economy Minister Giorgi Kobulia
Kobulia served in the position for only nine months before being replaced by deputy minister Natia Turnava.
Chechnya and Daghestan suspend border demarcation
The move comes a month after Chechnya ‘unilaterally’ registered parts of Daghestan as within their own territory.
Workers injured due to safety violations at Panorama Tbilisi construction site
Video footage from immediately after the accident showed that safety rules were not being followed on the site.
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Is this the beginning of a recycling revolution in Azerbaijan?
While the Ministry of Environment sees the solution through private and public initiatives, the public expects regulatory actions.
Armenia’s blind struggle to find a livelihood
Faced with ignorance and discrimination, finding work as a blind person is a difficult task.
Silence in the courtroom: how one of Chechnya’s last human rights defenders was convicted on drug charges
Oyub Titiyev is the latest victim of Russia’s campaign against civil society in the North Caucasus.
‘We’re caught in mid-air’ — Raising a child with autism in Georgia
From therapy to special education teachers in schools, parents of children with autism in Georgia face a constant battle for the services they need.
Armenia hopes for Nagorno-Karabakh’s return to the negotiating table
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet officially this Friday.
Proposals to include Nagorno-Karabakh in peace talks raise red flags in Azerbaijan
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet officially on 29 March.
Azerbaijan’s ‘selective ignoring’ of European Court compensation rulings
Despite the ECHR awarding compensation to dozens of activists and opposition figures in Azerbaijan, many say the government is not paying up.
‘I keep silent and put up with it’ — surviving domestic violence in Armenia
Despite a new law being passed to tackle domestic violence in 2018, women’s rights groups say not enough is being done.
