Uzbekistan: State-Run Pilgrimage Prompts Complaints
Secret police surveillance and extortion by officials mars the hajj experience.
24 Dec 08
Secret police surveillance and extortion by officials mars the hajj experience.
Analysts say poverty and government resistance are obstacles to increased web traffic.
At the Batken market in southern Kyrgyzstan, the old trade of sharpening tools is in particular demand this winter.
Officials complain of biased reporting, while opponents fear end to media freedom.
Doctors in Tajikistan say the increase in marriage between blood relatives is to blame for many health problems in newborn babies.