Democracy is not a panacea to resolve conflicts, but it is the most reliable means of finding solutions to problems, this was a leitmotif of the roundtable organized on Tuesday by the Centre of National and International Studies with the support of NED. The participants of the meeting  held discussions around two themes: "The democratic approach to  the settlement of conflicts in Turkey" and "Look at Democracy and Conflict Resolution from Azerbaijan." Speaking on the first topic, Sezin Oney, the Doctor of Bilkend University, a columnist for the newspaper "Taraf" (Kurdish newspaper) focused...


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Johannesburg. 28 February 2012. CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation condemns bullying tactics by the Azerbaijan government to silence civil society organisations (CSOs). In recent months, there has been a rise in harassment of CSOs in Azerbaijan. Official intimidation tactics have included the levying of heavy fines on CSOs for petty administrative lapses; the issuing of warning letters to CSOs threatening to cancel their registration; the publication of defamatory articles against civil society members in the press; denial of permission to civil society groups to hold meetings...


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The conflict over Nagorno Karabagh, the  region of Azerbaijan Republic  with status of Autonomous Oblast,  has erupted  in late 1980s, against the background of the collapsing Soviet Union. with the region’s  claim of independence from Baku.  As the autonomous region was not homogenous and had 24% of Azerbaijani population, who did not want to separate from Azerbaijan Republic, the exclusive claims led to  inter communal clashes in Nagorno Karabagh. Animosity and violence in two republics had caused mutual flows of refugees, which in turn reinforced domestic instability in Armenia...


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CNIS took part in the first meeting  of participation of women in public life in the framework of Eastern Partnership Facility on 7-8 February 2012  in Tbilisi The project has been funded by the European Union and Implemented by the Council of Europe.


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