November 2011
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RFE/RL's Belarus Report
From charged courtrooms to “breathing bans” — with a few folk songs thrown in for good measure — RFE/RL’s Radio Svaboda reports the breaking news and backstories from Belarus. # A court in Belarus has convicted two defendants and sentenced them to death for carrying out a Minsk subway bombing that killed 15 people and injured hundreds of others on April 11, a...
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WatchRafiq Tagi, an Azerbaijani journalist who stabbed in Baku earlier this week, has died. This interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Azadliq, was conducted just an hour before he passed away…[READ MORE]
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WatchGreat photos from Iran by our Azerbaijani Service photographer Abbas Atilay.
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RFE/RL Reports on Cultural Shifts Within the AfPak...
Afghanistan’s loya jirga ended last week with representatives urging a broadening of peace efforts, saying the pursuit of peace, including that with neighboring Pakistan, should be a national process. As the country reestablishes its identity in a post-Taliban, post-U.S. framework, RFE/RL journalists from Radio Azadi and Radio Mashaal have uncovered cultural clues that moderate views...
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WatchWatch and read Radio Mashaal’s report on a landmark Supreme Court decision in Pakistan for the country’s transgender community.
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Top News from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine
Belarus. Russia. Ukraine. Three countries that rarely leave the RFE/RL spotlight, and to follow are just a few of the most significant stories this week. BELARUS # A senior Member of Congress has pledged to push the Obama administration to support President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s indictment by the International Criminal Court. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) made the pledge at a...
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Podcast: The Causes Of Militant Islam, Plus Putin...
On The Blender this week listen to “Wall Street Journal Asia’ columnist Sadanand Dhume talk about why radical Islamists are more violent in Pakistan than in Indonesia?
In the North Caucasus region of Ingushetia, young men suspected of being Islamic militants often disappear without a trace. Security forces are accused by human rights organizations of being behind many disappearances....
WatchRussian Mars Probe To Fall To Earth Unless Fix Is Found
WATCH: Russia’s first planned interplanetary mission in more than two decades suffered a malfunction shortly after its launch on November 9…[READ MORE]
"A Spy in the House of Putin" and other Top...
It’s been another banner week for RFE/RL’s Russian Service, with special assists from RFE/RL’s Belarus, Ukraine and North Caucasus Services, who have pooled investigative forces for several “must-read” stories. # A German spy expert revealed that a female intelligence agent working in Dresden in the 1980s was able to infiltrate the inner circle of Russia’s prime...
WatchBefore We Operate: Are You From Republika Srpska?
Bosnia’s postwar division created separate police, separate educational systems, and separate health care in each of its two political entities. That means that patients in their own country can face the same delays and bureaucracy as if they were seeking health care abroad. Video by Žana Kovačević, RFE/RL’s Balkan Service
Stoning YouTube, Facebook and Google In Iran
The “stoning of the devil” is one of the rituals performed at the hajj during which pilgrims throw pebbles at three pillars that represent the devil.
At a recent exhibition of digital media in Iran, a similar ritual was reportedly staged against YouTube, Facebook, and Google — apparently because the Iranian authorities consider them to be evil.
A picture from the exhibition,...
