Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan: One Wife or Two?

Polygamy has staged a comeback, though opinion is split on legalisation.

17 Nov 05

Repressive language laws are forcing ethnic Kazaks out of Turkmenistan.

16 Nov 05

More than a million displaced people still prefer life in Pakistan’s makeshift camps to the uncertain security situation back home,

16 Nov 05

The illegal trade in American dollars is so important to the Turkmen economy that even the government indulges.

14 Nov 05

IWPR investigation suggests a letter declaring jihad from an Uzbek Islamist in Afghanistan is not all it seems.

14 Nov 05

Central Asian leaders continued to abuse basic political and human rights throughout last year.

14 Nov 05

On the murky underside of Central Asia, there are underage prostitutes for sale on the streets with few rights and fewer opportunities.

14 Nov 05

Bishkek cements its traditional alliance with Moscow with a new air base in Kant.

14 Nov 05

Ruslan Sharipov says police prepared suicide note and threatened to kill him.

14 Nov 05

Several explanations have been offered for the delay in opening Russia's air base in Kant.

14 Nov 05

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