Tajikistan

Uzbekistan Promises Currency Liberalisation

Uzbek leaders again pledge to end restrictive currency policies - do they really mean it this time?

21 Feb 05

Former interior minister presents himself as an opposition leader, but has a chequered past.

21 Feb 05

Environmentalists warn that decades-old dumps in nearby Kyrgyzstan could poison the entire Fergana valley and beyond.

21 Feb 05

Desperate young women choose death by self-immolation to rebel against suicide taboo.

21 Feb 05

Uzbek killers are believed to be dumping the bodies of their victims in a major regional waterway.

21 Feb 05

Dissident journalist comes back home after years in exile, but leaves quickly when he feels threatened.

21 Feb 05

Shocking stories of abuse from drug abuse clinic, where even the neighbours say they can see inmates being beaten up.

21 Feb 05

An Arabic teacher disappears without trace amid concerns that police might implicate him in March violence.

21 Feb 05

Security services say backing human rights for banned Islamist group only encourages it to grow.

21 Feb 05

Dismissal of reformer seen as sign that some Islamic party members aren’t ready for change.

21 Feb 05

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