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Daghestan

Survey tallying number of students wearing hijab sparks outrage in Daghestan

by OC Media

•4 min read

The student survey, which has teachers track the number of students that wear a hijab, has angered Daghestani residents and elicited vociferous denials from government officials. A teacher’s unintended WhatsApp message has sparked widespread anger throughout the Russian Republic of Daghestan. On Wednesday, a group of parents in a common WhatsApp group, whose children are students at gymnasium No 13 in Makhachkala, received a message from one of the school’s teachers — an image of tha

Children's Rights

MPs grill investigators over Khorava Street murders

by OC Media

•5 min read

Investigators from the Khorava Street murder case faced questioning from MPs on Monday, into alleged failures by the investigation. A parliamentary commission was set up in the wake of large street protests in Tbilisi, which followed the partial acquittal of the suspects in the case and allegations the investigation was mishandled. Zviad Pkhakadze, the prosecutor on the case, and chief detective Kakha Siradze faced questions over alleged mistakes made in the course of the investigation. Thi

Children's Rights

Tbilisi court partially acquits teenagers of fatal school stabbings

by OC Media

•5 min read

Tbilisi City Court has acquitted two teenagers of the murder of Davit Saralidze, one of the two teenagers killed in a school brawl in December. The court found one of the defendant’s guilty of killing the second victim, Levan Dadunashvili, while the other was found guilty of the attempted murder of Saralidze. The pair are to be sentenced on 1 June. The 31 May verdict left open the question of who killed Saralidze, and the parents of the slain teenager protested in front of the Georgian Pros

Aghdam

Children with disabilities are being left behind in Azerbaijan’s frontline villages

by Seymur Kazimov

•6 min read

Children with disabilities in Azerbaijan do not always have the chance to benefit from their right to an education. Special education facilities are not available in most regions of the country — and this is no exception in the villages along the frontline. ‘No, no, what are you talking about? Disability?! I have one child, I cannot agree that he has a disability, even his inclusion in a disability group. My son will be healed!’ Tarana Zeynalova is a secondary school teacher in west

Azerbaijan

Might makes right — bullying in Azerbaijan’s schools

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•5 min read

In the Internet age, discussions of bullying are becoming more global. In Azerbaijan, such discussions shed light on attitudes in the country towards violence, masculinity, and honour. The toughest lessons in these are often forced on children on the school grounds, and can lead to lasting trauma. In December, the story of American teenager Keaton Jones gained international headlines after his mother posted a video of the boy tearfully recounting his experience of being bullied in school

Armenia

The missing children — absenteeism in Armenia’s schools

by Armine Avetisyan

•6 min read

There are hundreds of school-age children in Armenia not attending school. While some work to help support their families, others have fallen victim to attitudes towards gender. In villages where there are only one or two girls — a result of of sky-high sex-selective abortion rates — parents sometimes insist that their girl should not study alone in a classroom full of boys. Thirteen-year-old Davit (whose personal details have been changed) last attended school three years ago. He manage

demirel college

‘Gülen-connected’ school manager loses asylum appeal in Georgia

by OC Media

•4 min read

The Tbilisi Court of Appeals upheld on 26 January the decision to deny asylum to Mustafa Emre Çabuk. The former manager at Tbilisi’s Private Demirel College, which has been linked to Turkish opposition political figure Fethullah Gülen, is being sought by Turkey on terror charges. Rights groups urged the government not to extradite Çabuk to Turkey, where they say he would not receive a fair trial. Following the ruling, a number of rights groups, including Transparency International — Georgia