March 2012
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WatchDance-Off At Uzbekistan’s Norouz
What do you get when you put together a U.S. diplomat, a septuagenarian Central Asian dictator, and a giant public celebration of the New Year?
The answer, at least in the eyes of state broadcasters in Uzbekistan, is great television…[read more]
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WatchAs millions of people all over the world celebrate Norouz, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda asked its audience to share hopes, wishes — and some graphic designs — in honor of the Persian New Year…[read more]
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WatchGirls, alcohol, drinks, freedom…Iranians go to Armenia for ‘Spring Break.’
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WatchNorouz video by @RadioAzadi’s Sayedjan Sabawoon: People across Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East are celebrating Norouz, the Persian New Year, which marks the coming of spring. In Kabul, Afghans gathered at a fair full of music, rides, and food, while young men dressed in green, the traditional spring color, to try to kiss a holy flagpole raised during each Norouz.
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@GandharaRFE: Leaders of the minority Hindu community in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province complain that young girls in the area are being abducted and then forced to convert to Islam and married off to Muslim men…[read more]
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WatchMoscow Court Upholds Pussy Riot Detentions
Video by @SvobodaRadio
Moscow City Court has upheld a lower-court decision to keep two members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot in pretrial detention until at least April 24. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina were arrested last month after staging a noisy protest at Christ the Savior Cathedral near the Kremlin against the continued rule...
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