Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Central Asia & Caucasus from April 2012

Central Asia & Caucasus · April, 2012
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Stories about Central Asia & Caucasus from April, 2012

6 April 2012

Armenia: Straight to the village

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Western Europe

With a GDP per capita estimated at just $5,400 in 2011, Armenia is one of the poorest countries in the former Soviet Union. The situation is particularly noticeable in the...

4 April 2012

Armenia: Young Author Faces Military Censorship

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Armenia

Hovhannes Ishkhanyan, a 24-year-old former conscript in the Armenian military, has found himself in hot water in the former Soviet republic after penning a literary work detailing life in the...

Georgia: Forbes magazine accused of self-censorship

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Georgia

3 April 2012

2 April 2012

Azerbaijan: Amnesty International Running Scared Eurovision action

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Azerbaijan

Kyrgyzstan: The Internet on Trial?

Written by Chris Rickleton · Kyrgyzstan

The ongoing trial of an ethnic Russian journalist accused of inciting racial hatred in a series of online articles may have profound implications for Kyrgyzstan's regulation of the Internet, as...

1 April 2012

Video Highlights: Culture, Human Rights, Online Activism and Crowdfunding

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Eastern & Central Europe

A selection of Global Voices' most recent and interesting stories on video advocacy including a focus on indigenous rights and online activism, selected by Juliana Rincón Parra.