RCA Issue 669

Nurali Davlatov, a political analyst in Tajikistan. (Photo courtesy of N. Davlatov)
9 Feb 12
At home, the government confines appointments to circle of insiders, while abroad the country has few real friends.
At a shelter for homeless people in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. (Picture taken by a participant in IWPR photojournalism training course, December 2011.)
9 Feb 12
Images of Kyrgyzstan reflect freedom to depict social ills regarded as taboo in Uzbekistan.
8 Feb 12
If the president is going to win anyway, why does he feel a need to talk democracy and pluralism?