March 2012
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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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WatchPlanning your next ski vacation? Feeling adventurous? Don’t let a little unrest get in the way of your rest and relaxation. Turns out Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran (and soon Chechnya) offer offbeat getaways for those not afraid of a little risk while on the piste.[see the photos in larger size on our website]
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Watch@AzadiRadio: In Afghanistan ambiguously defined “moral crimes” or “bad character” can mean jail sentences for women. Radio Azadi’s Sayedjan Sabawoon visited Kabul’s only detention facility for women and spoke to the inmates about the charges that brought them there.
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