Central Asia

Tajiks Try to Revive Silk Trade

6 Aug 10

Diloram Iskhakova. (Photo: IWPR)

Diloram Iskhakova. (Photo: IWPR)

Nobody Safe From Jail – Uzbek Activist

6 Aug 10

Investment to Top Agenda at Japanese-Uzbek Talks

6 Aug 10

Turkmen health ministry building in Ashgabat. The structure may be impressive, but the quality of healthcare services is still poor. (Photo: IWPR)

Turkmen health ministry building in Ashgabat. The structure may be impressive, but the quality of healthcare services is still poor. (Photo: IWPR)

Slow Recovery for Turkmen Healthcare

5 Aug 10

Officials insist minors working on the cotton harvest are there of their own free will. (Photo: Andrei Kudryashov, 2009)

Officials insist minors working on the cotton harvest are there of their own free will. (Photo: Andrei Kudryashov, 2009)

Uzbek Child Labour Rebranded as “Voluntary”

4 Aug 10

Uzbek Prison Abuses Cause Psychological Damage

Torture in detention remains commonplace, activists say.

2 Aug 10

Scepticism Over Independent Press Pledge in Turkmenistan

Turkmen leader calls for private newspaper, but few local journalists take him at his word.

2 Aug 10

Southern Kyrgyzstan suffered serious damage in arson attacks during the June violence. This shell of a building is all that remains of a department store in Osh. (Photo: Pavel Gromsky)

Southern Kyrgyzstan suffered serious damage in arson attacks during the June violence. This shell of a building is all that remains of a department store in Osh. (Photo: Pavel Gromsky)

Rebuilding Southern Kyrgyzstan

As authorities pledge reconstruction, some residents of the south are voting with their feet.

31 Jul 10

Kyrgyzstan Violence Was Ploy to Destabilise Region

Expert sees external hands at work in recent clashes, although local conditions made it easier to orchestrate.

28 Jul 10

Child Labour on the Rise in Tajikistan

27 Jul 10

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