Turkmenistan

Central Asia: Oct/Nov ‘09

IWPR journalist in Kyrgyzstan wins an award for parliamentary coverage.

Tajik Power Plant Threatens Winter Shutdown

Questions raised as to why Tajik power company is not paying for electricity taken from Russian-owned dam scheme.

Central Asia: Oct/Nov ‘09

IWPR event instrumental in mobilising community efforts to deal with growing problem of suicide in Tajikistan.

Turkmen Cinemas to Reopen

Turkmen-Chinese Gas Pipeline Launched

Russian Leader Due in Turkmenistan

Turkmen NGOs Face Tighter Financial Regulation

New rules designed to prevent money-laundering could be used to monitor and obstruct civil society groups.

Alarm as Turkmen Migration Law Gets Even Tougher

Uzbekistan Downplays Drug Problem

Government accused of underestimating number of heroin users and failing to support treatment programmes.

Uzbek Opposition Leader Released into Changed World

With little popular support, Sanjar Umarov hoped the West would back his calls for political change, but this proved illusory.