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Nick Fielding reports that, according to figures from the United Nations - in contrast to the figures issued by the US military - the number of Afghan civilians killed and injured rose for the fifth consecutive year in a row.
Nathan Hamm reports that two young natives of Uzbekistan residing in the United States and working as officers at Awareness Projects International (a non-profit engaging in human rights education work in Uzbekistan and elsewhere) were summoned to the police for interrogation, when they returned to their hometown of Jizzakh in late December 2011 to visit family.
Camilla tells the story of Uzbek labor migrants in Kazakhstan, who were illegally trafficked - apparently, via channels, supervised by the officials - to work as slaves.
Schwartz takes a walk around Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, offering photographs of graffiti, taken in March 2011.
As parliamentary elections approach this year in Georgia, to be followed by a presidential vote in 2013, allegations against Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire opposition politician, have appeared on the Internet. The alleged exposé of life in the Ivanishvili household by American teacher Patrick Downey, formerly employed by the businessman turned politician, have been met with skepticism from other expatriates in the former Soviet republic, and not least because of claims also made against Georgia in general, the U.S., and [his ancestral homeland of] Ireland. Downey had sought asylum or residency in the latter, according to a video blog, “[…] in light of recent uncontrolled and willfully ill-advised policies concerning the mass emigration of non-Irish persons to Ireland […].” Ivanishvili has responded by saying that Downey “is suffering from psychological problems.”
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I find Russia’s behavior to be totally criminal and I would call on them to honor there agreement to pull out of the country of Georgia. There is no place for the Russia of old to exist in the modern world. If this would have been a matter of terror attacks being launch from Georgia then I would understand Russia crossing into Georgia. But this is not a matter of Russia striking back at terrorism! Russia has no business invading a neighboring country. These actions are similar to Iraq invading Kuwait and it should not be tolerated! If find the story of Russian troops writting things like “This is for NATO” and “This is for America” to be very troubling. This tells me that Russia hates democracy and hates country’s that support freedom.
I would hope that the US and other European countries will consider placing troops as peace keepers in Georgia. That is if Georgia was to ask for peace keepers from other country’s to enter there country. I feel that this is the best way to keep Russia from going any further than they already have. I doubt that Russia would engage military from Europe and America when it would be very dangerous to do so.
It almost makes me wish I where president of the United States. I would give Russia a chance to pull out and if they didn’t with the permission of the Georgian president. I would have a US battle group off the coast of Georgia and I would start moving in troops and tanks into Georgia to help keep Russia from advancing into Georgia any further than they have already.
I stand with the people of Georgia and support them 100% against the aggression that Russia has committed. I would hope that the Georgian people continue to resist to the best of there ability. And I would hope the US and other European country’s will not wait to long to get involved if Russia does not honor there agreement to leave. Maybe the UN should accelerate the acceptance of Georgia into the United Nations if that what it takes.
Russian aggression must be stopped! No more cold war! Stop Russia from dominating natural resources.
RUSSIA STAY OUT OF GEORGIAN CIVIL WAR!!! Let Georgia determine georgia’s future.
I am an Iraqi US Army Combat Veteran and I think the USA should pull most troops out of Iraq and help Georgia in to NATO