IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Roza Otunbaeva, head of the parliamentary commission for mineral reserves, says she believes the Kyrgyz government has abdicated its responsibilities by allowing foreign investors to have too much control over its gold and other mineral reserves .
A gold mine in the mountains of northeast Kyrgyzstan continues to generate debate about how much of the money earned from it should return to communities living nearby.
Companies in southern Tajikistan are reeling from the effects of financial crisis, which have left them unable to pay their employees.
As the February 2010 election draws closer, political parties in Tajikistan say they are not getting enough access to state-run TV and radio.
Election-related workshops contribute to impressive output of reports on presidential and provincial council ballot.
The Tajik education ministry is planning to lower the age at which children go to school from seven to six, but not for a couple of years.
President Imomali Rahmon’s appeal to every household to lay in enough food for the next two years has sparked a debate on the state of Tajikistan’s food reserves.
IWPR stages human rights training sessions for activists and journalists.
Religious leaders and madrassa students in Pakistan keen to embrace the media.