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Tajiks Say Uzbeks Still Blocking Rail Freight

6 Aug 10

Children WIth HIV to Get Tajik State Benefit

6 Aug 10

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

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