Uzbek State Holds Muslim Teaching in Check
Government stops any sign of Islamic fervour outside the officially-sanctioned channels through which it manages religion.
3 May 06
Uzbekistan
Plight of Uzbek Minority Worsens
Turkmenistan is a multi-ethnic country and according to various estimates has up to 500,000 ethnic Uzbeks – making them the biggest minority at about nine per cent of the total population. Frontier regions in the north and northeast are densely populated
21 Apr 06
Kazakstan: Trouble in Suburbia
The Almaty mayor's office says many homes in outlying districts are illegal, but knocking them down will affect some of the city's poorest.
18 Apr 06
Karakalpak Traders Flourish
A remote region on the border between Karakalpakstan and Turkmenistan has become a stop on the flourishing – if unofficial – trading route between China and the Gulf states. The situation could change as the Uzbek and Turkmen authorities are taking steps
10 Apr 06
Ingush Refugees Protest Resettlement
A Russian plan to create a new settlement for Ingush displaced in a conflict with North Ossetia is dismissed as a broken promise.
7 Apr 06
Kazakstan and Uzbekistan Make Up
Central Asia’s two major states are being nicer to one another these days – but their motives for making friends are very different.
6 Apr 06
Death Row Protest in Kyrgyzstan
Convicts ask for review of cases as they await final decision on death penalty ban.
5 Apr 06
Tense Stand-off Ends Peacefully in Kyrgyz Capital
President Bakiev steps in after protesters occupy central square to demand prime minister’s resignation.
5 Apr 06
Tajik Ministry Makes Bid for Telecoms Control
Plans to centralise mobile communications worry private phone operators.
28 Mar 06
Tajikistan's Only Synagogue Awaits End
Small Jewish community believe destruction of their place of worship leaves them facing a bleak future.
21 Mar 06
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