Azerbaijan: Journalist Dies of Injuries from Beating
Azerbaijani journalist Rasim Aliyev died yesterday in a Baku hospital after being severely beaten by a group of attackers on Saturday.
Azerbaijani journalist Rasim Aliyev died yesterday in a Baku hospital after being severely beaten by a group of attackers on Saturday.
At the latest court hearing in the case of imprisoned journalist Khadija Ismayilova, her original accuser once again said Ismayilova did not commit the offense for which she is now on trial, Radio Azadliq reports.
Ukraine’s wanted former environment minister Mykola Zlochevsky appears to have ownership links to an upscale fashion boutique in downtown Kyiv, according to a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty investigation.
Bulgarian former intelligence chief, General Kircho Kirov, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for embezzlement.
Journalists from Azadliq Radio forced to wait outside during a hearing in the trial of journalist Khadija Ismayilova were later attacked by two people emerging from the court.
Ukraine’s former agriculture minister and a member of right-wing nationalist Svoboda Party Ihor Shvaika is suspected of taking a bribe worth 250,000 Ukrainian hryvnia (US$ 11,835), Ukrainian authorities report.
A court has rejected the appeal by six executives of the embattled Romanian subsidiary of oil giant Lukoil against an indictment for money laundering and tax evasion.
The criminal investigation into a violent attack on a Croatian investigative journalist has been upgraded to attempted murder.
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has seized tons of amber and hundreds of thousands of dollars in an ongoing fight against illegal mining of the precious material in the remote north of the country.
The US State Department watered down its annual human trafficking report and inflated the ratings of 14 strategically important countries, including Uzbekistan, according to a special report by Reuters.