Central Asia

Central Asian Opposition Unites

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

Kazakstan accuses China of depriving it of vital water supplies.

21 Feb 05

Kyrgyzstan is suppressing Uigur activities in the hope of winning concessions from China

21 Feb 05

Human rights groups blow the whistle on Tashkent's discrimination against ethnic Tajiks

21 Feb 05

The Uzbek authorities have fallen back on Soviet methods of silencing opponents

21 Feb 05

New Central Asian journalism association set up to campaign against growing curbs on press freedom

21 Feb 05

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