Children with disabilities are being left behind in Azerbaijan’s frontline villages

Special education facilities are not available in most regions of the country — and this is no exception in the villages along the frontline.

South Ossetia refuses to hand over body of Georgian citizen who died in custody

Relatives of former soldier Archil Tatunashvili blocked Georgia’s main east–west motorway, demanding the Georgian government take action.

EU ‘gravely concerned’ at death in custody in South Ossetia

A Georgian citizen and former soldier died in custody on 23 February, according to the authorities in South Ossetia, after ‘falling down the stairs’.

Georgian citizen dies in custody in South Ossetia

Georgian officials blamed Russia for his death, condemning his ‘illegal detention’ and calling for an immediate investigation.

South Ossetian journalist ‘under pressure’ from authorities

Irina Kelekhsayeva says she was asked to quit her job after reporting on a ‘disagreement’ between the South Ossetian leader and a Russian investor.

Far from Baku and Yerevan’s political games: life goes on in the border villages

While stances harden in Baku and Yerevan, people on the border try to build a peaceful future.

Death threats against Armenian news editor for satirical cartoon

The director of MediaLab received death threats on social media, after publishing a cartoon mocking Defence Minister Vigen Sargsyan.

Russian Duma ratifies merger of South Ossetian forces with Russian military

Russia gave the final go-ahead for the merger on 24 January, a day after the first batch of American Javelin anti-tank missiles arrived in Georgia.

Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘I no longer had to bounce between Ossetians and Georgians’

Analysis | Total war: Karabakh’s militarised social democracy

With money from abroad, Karabakh mixes low taxes with generous social welfare in an ever more militarised way.