Central Asia

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Another depressing year for anyone who was hoping for improvements in human rights in Central Asia.

22 Feb 05

Central Asian leaders are exploiting their part in the “war on terror” to legitimise damaging policies.

22 Feb 05

Many Kyrgyz wives are suffering at the hands of oppressive husbands and in-laws

22 Feb 05

A wide-ranging US human rights probe provokes Kazak fury

22 Feb 05

Uzbeks take to the streets to air anti-government grievances

22 Feb 05

New association unifies Central Asian opposition in struggle against region's authoritarian regimes

21 Feb 05

Their lives shattered by civil war, more and more women in Tajikistan

21 Feb 05

Tashkent blames farmers for exacerbating serious water shortages

21 Feb 05

The Kazak authorities are beefing up their forces in the south to counter Islamic rebels

21 Feb 05

Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Massoud says he is ready to talk peace with the Taleban

21 Feb 05

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