Central Asia

Tajikistan: Memories of Journalist Killings Revived

More than six years on from Tajikistan’s bloody conflict, the authorities take new steps to find those behind the murder of journalists.

22 Feb 05

Is the president’s new-found frugality a way of stopping potential opponents from funding effective election campaigns?

22 Feb 05

Police scour countryside to find out where all the grain from a “record harvest” went.

22 Feb 05

Sacking of powerful military commander raises spectre of military coup.

22 Feb 05

Economic hardship is driving youngsters in central Asia into the ranks of militant Islamic forces.

22 Feb 05

Tashkent attempts to cash in on the country's rich cultural heritage

22 Feb 05

The Uzbek government claims it cannot afford to grant refugees even the most basic civil rights

22 Feb 05

Relentless harassment on the Russian border has reportedly driven ruined Kyrgyz businessmen to suicide

22 Feb 05

Both Kazakstan and Uzbekistan are eager to be seen as a gateway between East and West

22 Feb 05

Kyrgyz army recruitment drive marred by press-gang accusations

22 Feb 05

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