Central Asia

Akaev Snubs Kyrgyz Investigators

Prosecutor general warns that ex-president’s immunity from prosecution could be stripped from him if wrongdoing is proved.

20 Nov 05

Thousands of Turkish contract workers getting well-paid jobs in a republic with rampant unemployment.

20 Nov 05

From birth to death, many people evade the census-takers for tax and legal purposes.

20 Nov 05

Repressive language laws are forcing ethnic Kazaks out of Turkmenistan.

20 Nov 05

For some of those involved in the continuing protests, political activism is just a source of income.

20 Nov 05

Unprecedented lawsuits by an opposition member against his political rivals are unlikely to succeed.

20 Nov 05

Jailing of leading party figure fits a pattern of wider clampdown on politicians opposed to President Rahmonov.

20 Nov 05

With few other friends, Turkmen and Iranian leaders find there is more that unites than divides them.

20 Nov 05

Senior officer says “thousands” killed and their bodies systematically concealed.

20 Nov 05

A once close relationship is souring rapidly as the Uzbek leadership rejects the United States’ right to ask what happened in Andijan.

20 Nov 05

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