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Uzbek Rights Defenders to Fight on Despite Sanctions End

New Approach to Youth Crime

A centre for juvenile delinquents in southern Kyrgyzstan is using non-punitive methods to prevent adolescents from reoffending.

Health Matters in Rural Kyrgyzstan

Ayday Tokonova reports on a countrywide network in Kyrgyzstan that provides practical advice on health issues in the kind of language people understand.

Berdymuhammedov to Seek Japanese Investment

Grim Month for Azeri Journalists

Jailings and detentions raise fresh concerns over fairness of country’s defamation laws.

Armenia: Turkey Accord Rings Alarm Bells

Armenians do not share world’s joy over protocols, fear Ankara has a hidden agenda.

Karabakh Government Faces Little Competition

Tiny Karabakh’s opposition moribund, lacks issues to fight on.

Limited Scope for Different View in Abkhazia

Statelet’s opposition struggles with lack of ideas, resources.

Turkmenistan's Religious Minorities Under Pressure

Open Government, Tajik-Style

People in the southern province of Khatlon are demanding that the barriers between them and their local leaders be torn down – quite literally.