Tajikistan

Anti-Monopoly Agency Losing Ground

Tajikistan: Militant Threat Questioned

Government warns of extremist plots but doubts remain about the danger posed by Islamic groups.

Kyrgyzstan: Fury Over Imam Death

South seethes with anger after popular religious leader gunned down by security services.

Tajik Opposition Floundering

With the Socialists still bitterly divided and other parties marginalised, observers say political rivals to President Imomali Rahmonov are few and far between.

Tajik Authorities Get Tough on Female Islamists

The authorities dismiss women who join Hizb-ut-Tahrir as mere puppets of the men in the banned group, but still insist they must be locked up for years on end.

Hizb-ut-Tahrir Blamed for Violence in Kyrgyz South

Plans for new restrictions on Islamic groups following killings of police and soldiers in the south.

Locusts Eat Away at Tajik Economy

Market prices go up as farmers salvage what they can from the insect invasion.

Andijan Activist Arrested as Uzbek Purge Continues

The Uzbek authorities are using run-of-the-mill criminal charges to silence their critics.

Dushanbe Blasts Leave Everyone in the Dark

Widespread scepticism that three explosions in quick succession can have been the work of teenage hooligans.

Refugees Unhappy with Georgian Hotel Project

People displaced by war and now living in Black Sea hotels complain that they are being short-changed by a scheme to rehouse them, to make way for a huge redevelopment programme.