Comment: Who's to Blame in Uzbekistan?
Tashkent holds Islamic militants responsible for the Andijan demonstration, but most of those involved simply appear to have been citizens desperate for a better life.
20 Nov 05
Central Asia
Andijan Remembers the Dead
IWPR contributor speaks to residents about the loved ones they lost and their anger at those who gave the order to shoot them.
20 Nov 05
Air Travel Lottery in Turkmenistan
Summer plane tickets out of Turkmenistan are being sold to the highest bidder, regardless of whether they have already been booked and paid for.
20 Nov 05
Kazak Crackdown on Youth Activists
The government is refusing to register youth groups it fears are plotting a revolution.
20 Nov 05
Kyrgyzstan to Expel Uzbek Refugees
Many of the activists who helped bring current the Kyrgyz leadership to power are outraged at its decision to send refugees to an uncertain fate.
20 Nov 05
New Threat to Kazak Press Freedom
Changes to laws on religion and the media will give government prosecutors new powers of censorship.
20 Nov 05
Turkmen Ecological Wonders Endangered
President Niazov wants to graze sheep on the country’s prized nature reserves, putting at risk their fragile ecosystems.
20 Nov 05
Tajiks, Kyrgyz Play Politics on Andijan
Tashkent’s neighbours had little choice but to support its recent violent suppression of dissent in the east of the country.
20 Nov 05
Kyrgyz Legal Battle
Kyrgyzstan’s ex-president and its new government are swapping allegations of wrongdoing through international lawyers.
20 Nov 05
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