Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: Trial of Strength

Opposition leaders hold out for high-level talks after thousands of protesters foil police attempt to wrest control of major southern cities.

20 Nov 05

Shops plundered and some set on fire, with some suggesting the looting is partly a deliberate ploy to discredit Kyrgyzstan’s new rulers.

20 Nov 05

Legacy of conflict leaves Tajiks cautious about unrest of any kind, even if some see the outcome in Kyrgyzstan as positive.

20 Nov 05

At local level, political change has brought a free-for-all where official jobs seem to go to anyone who can grab them.

20 Nov 05

Prosecutors insist Moscow was wrong to release Democratic leader Mahmadruzi Iskandarov.

20 Nov 05

Crumbling roads and careless driving contributing to surge in fatal accidents.

20 Nov 05

Judges and prosecutors are at odds as a struggle for judicial powers is played out.

20 Nov 05

Students buy their way through university without attending lectures, just to get a diploma.

20 Nov 05

Questions are asked about how a high-profile figure turned up in detention in Tajikistan when he was last seen as a free man in Russia.

20 Nov 05

Poverty and bureaucracy frustrate efforts to find homes for orphans and abandoned children.

20 Nov 05

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