IWPR

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.

Afghan Women Tell of Harsh Conditions Back Home

Refugee women in Tajikistan talk about their lives now and before.

Women Learn to Mask Loss of Virginity

Cheap artificial hymen resolves social stigma in society that frowns on premarital sex.

Fear of Damascus Regime Stymies Protest

Recent minibus driver strike rare protest in country where majority daren’t consider collective action to improve their lives.

Russians Maintain Tenuous Homeland Link

Shahodat Saibnazarova reports from the Tajik capital on a conference of Russians from across Central Asia.

How to safeguard the rights of journalists in Kyrgyzstan

Uzbek Cotton-Sector Reform Plan Needs More Work

Dismay as Kazak Court Upholds Zhovtis Conviction

Western diplomats join OSCE and rights activists in questioning judge’s decision that trial was sound.

International Justice/ICTY: Sept ‘09

Balkan listeners to IWPR radio show approve of its impartial handling of conflict-related justice stories.

Sting Concert Goes Down Well, Though Few Can Attend