Media Freedom or Creeping Control?
As Tajikistan marked its national press day on March 11, journalists were divided on how much real freedom the media enjoy.
As Tajikistan marked its national press day on March 11, journalists were divided on how much real freedom the media enjoy.
A group of Tajik NGOs has asked the country’s parliament to change the law to allow independent monitoring of elections by local organisations.
Many can no longer afford to send mail due to rising costs following currency change.
Acceding to one group’s demands for formal recognition as separate ethnicity could open Pandora’s box, analysts warn.
Although many Kyrgyz labour migrants are hanging on in hope of better times in Russia, their families back home are finding that the money they send home is drying up.
Women drivers are fairly uncommon in Kyrgyzstan, but Olga has made it her profession, driving a taxi in Bishkek.
Going to job interviews can mean a depressing series of knock-backs for applicants with visual impairments.
Media-watchers fear brutal assault was deliberate attempt to curb free speech.