INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Tajikistan: On the Road to Failure Dushanbe/Brussels, 12 February 2009: Far from being a bulwark against the spread of violence from Afghanistan, Tajikistan is looking increasingly like its southern neighbour – a weak state that is suffering from a failure of leadership. Tajikistan: On the Road to Failure,* the latest report from [...]

Notice to Media: First Pre-Trial Hearing of “Tokyo Two” Greenpeace Activists Heard In Japan The first formal court hearing in preparation for the trial of two Greenpeace activists took place in Aomori, Japan today. Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki are being prosecuted, and risk up to ten years in jail if convicted, after they exposed [...]