Central Asia

Inclusive Schools Still Exception for Tajik Disabled

A handful of kindergartens are geared towards bringing disabled children into the mainstream, but most schools remain unequipped to cope with special needs.

Tajiks Approve Costly School Reforms

Parliament has changed the law to make it mandatory for children to spend ten years at school instead of nine, the current minimum.

Tajik Polio Outbreak Strains Relations With Russia

Moscow and Dushanbe fall out over restrictions to prevent disease spreading.

Tajik Ombudsman on First Year in Office

Zarif Alizoda says official human rights watchdog can’t deal with every complaint filed to it – some are not in its mandate, others are groundless.

Transitional Leader to Steer Kyrgyz Through Troubled Times

Roza Otunbaeva becomes Central Asia’s first female head of state, although only for an interim period.

Kyrgyz Banks Suffer From Border Closures

Tajikistan Bans “Negative” Films on Migrants

Russian film’s hapless heroes supposed to be from imaginary country, but everyone is sure it’s a xenophobic view of Tajiks.

Uzbek Bus Blast Sparks Safety Checks

HIV Alarm in Central Asia

Large-scale population movement contributes to virus spreading across broad cross-section of society.

Resource-Based Economy a Risk to Uzbekistan