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Top Baku psychiatrist dismissed after declaring teenager ‘not mentally ill’

The teenager had posted a video describing poor conditions in a Baku orphanage.

Top Baku psychiatrist dismissed after declaring teenager ‘not mentally ill’

The teenager had posted a video describing poor conditions in a Baku orphanage.

Leak targets prominent Azerbaijani feminist in run-up to Women’s Day 

The private Facebook conversations from Gulnara Mehdiyeva were published amidst an online campaign targeting women’s rights activists.

Leak targets prominent Azerbaijani feminist in run-up to Women’s Day 

The private Facebook conversations from Gulnara Mehdiyeva were published amidst an online campaign targeting women’s rights activists.

Voice | ‘Every afternoon I came home from school broken’

Narek, 29, from Stepanakert, describes how he was tormented at school while teachers often protected the abusers.

Voice | ‘Every afternoon I came home from school broken’

Narek, 29, from Stepanakert, describes how he was tormented at school while teachers often protected the abusers.

Giving birth in a toilet: New report criticises Georgia’s psychiatric facilities  

The report from Georgia’s Public Defender states that psychiatric facilities across the country do not adequately address women’s reproductive health.   

Giving birth in a toilet: New report criticises Georgia’s psychiatric facilities  

The report from Georgia’s Public Defender states that psychiatric facilities across the country do not adequately address women’s reproductive health.   

‘I lived in hell’: life in a psychiatric hospital in Armenia

A  report by the Human Rights Defender of Armenia suggested patients were often met with poor conditions and human rights violations.

‘I lived in hell’: life in a psychiatric hospital in Armenia

By Armine Avetisyan

A  report by the Human Rights Defender of Armenia suggested patients were often met with poor conditions and human rights violations.

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