Turkmenistan

Kazak Officials Quiet on Uzbek Unrest

The violence in Andijan has received a muted response in neighbouring Kazakstan, which has focused on protecting its borders.

20 Nov 05

Summer plane tickets out of Turkmenistan are being sold to the highest bidder, regardless of whether they have already been booked and paid for.

20 Nov 05

President Niazov wants to graze sheep on the country’s prized nature reserves, putting at risk their fragile ecosystems.

20 Nov 05

Tashkent’s neighbours had little choice but to support its recent violent suppression of dissent in the east of the country.

20 Nov 05

The authorities have done their best to stop people even hearing about the unrest in their next-door neighbour.

20 Nov 05

Candidates dismiss organisation’s proposal to bolster public confidence in the presidential election.

20 Nov 05

Little has been heard of one of the president’s longest serving officials since his arrest last month.

20 Nov 05

Thousands of Turkish contract workers getting well-paid jobs in a republic with rampant unemployment.

20 Nov 05

Repressive language laws are forcing ethnic Kazaks out of Turkmenistan.

20 Nov 05

Jailing of leading party figure fits a pattern of wider clampdown on politicians opposed to President Rahmonov.

20 Nov 05

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