Tajikistan

Uzbekistan: Corruption on Death Row

Pressure to call moratorium on death penalty grows after claims that bribes can buy convicts out of death row.

21 Feb 05

Suggestions that Russia should withdraw its border force from Tajikistan are more about money than geopolitics.

21 Feb 05

The authorities’ decision to help enforce controversial edict is seen by some as an attempt to curb radical Islamic influence.

21 Feb 05

Non-government media subjected to closures and threats in run-up to 2005 elections.

21 Feb 05

Officials use promises and threats to recruit extra labour to gather the important crop.

21 Feb 05

Kyrgyzstan's voters confound observers, re-electing President Askar Akaev by a larger margin than ever

21 Feb 05

Speakers at an IWPR conference in Almaty warn that outbreaks of violence across Central Asia could escalate into a regional conflict.

21 Feb 05

President of Kazakstan prepares to send armed forces abroad to suppress Islamic fundamentalist insurgency

21 Feb 05

Astana moves closer to establishing ties with the ascendant Taleban movement

21 Feb 05

Iran, India and Russia have long backed the continuation of armed conflict in Afghanistan.

21 Feb 05

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