Tajikistan

Uzbekistan: Death Penalty Debate Stifled

Government steps in at the last moment to halt international meeting on judicial killing.

21 Feb 05

Concerns grow for future of independent public organisations in the increasingly isolated republic.

21 Feb 05

President shows signs that he wants ministers around him who are tough managers as well as personally loyal.

21 Feb 05

A new decree will allow the authorities to further control the flow of information in the republic, activists warn.

21 Feb 05

Police downplay fears of terrorist involvement in Almaty explosions but speculation is raging about the bombers’ true motives.

21 Feb 05

Efforts to improve Tajik government’s reputation have produced some tentative steps, but a lot more needs to be done.

21 Feb 05

Officials want to clamp down on mosques that feed militant Islam, but mullahs say they are being unjustly targeted.

21 Feb 05

Opposition parties say charges against Democratic Party leader are politically inspired.

21 Feb 05

Disagreements over water have postponed ratification of a friendship treaty between Kazakstan and Kyrgyzstan.

21 Feb 05

If the new Afghan government bows to international pressure to ban poppy cultivation the economic consequences could be catastrophic.

21 Feb 05

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