{"id":2929,"date":"2011-03-17T11:50:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T11:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2011-03-17T11:50:16","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T11:50:16","slug":"the-limbo-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/the-limbo-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Nagorno-Karabakh: A Region in Limbo"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"nagorno_280\"In 1991, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the inhabitants of Nagorno-Karabakh, a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, sought independence. International legitimacy was not granted, and most of the region is ruled by the Nagorno-Karabakh republic, an unrecognised, de facto independent state within Azerbaijan. An independence declaration immediately led to the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan \u2013 which ended in 1994 and resulted in 30,000 deaths and the displacement of more than 700,000 people. After peace talks the two nations signed a cease-fire, leaving Nagorno-Karabakh in a judicial limbo.<\/p>\n

Although it doesn’t exist de jure<\/em>, Nagorno-Karabakh is a community of 140,000 people that are more concerned with surviving than the legal recognition of their state. This series was an attempt to document life in a ‘non-existent’ country and how the Karabaki, despite the consequences of war and poverty, still live with dignity.<\/p>\n

Francesco Alesi\/Parallelozero
www.parallelozero.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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