Central Asia

Uzbek Border Guards Anger Tajiks

Excessive passport stamping on the Tajik-Uzbek frontier is causing problems for shuttle traders and border residents.

21 Feb 05

Cross-border trade likely to suffer as Kyrgyzstan closes frontier checkpoints over SARS fears.

21 Feb 05

Reporters’ lives are made a misery by hostile officials and mean employers.

21 Feb 05

A year on from the Aksy shootings, relatives are still demanding to see justice done.

21 Feb 05

The freeing of a Kazak opposition leader comes amid a government clampdown on political and media freedoms.

21 Feb 05

Jailed opposition journalist’s supporters fear alleged attack was masterminded by the authorities.

21 Feb 05

Bribe-taking is prevalent in Uzbek universities, and no one involved will do anything about it.

21 Feb 05

New research reveals mass exploitation and enslavement of women farm workers.

21 Feb 05

The fate of opposition activists such as Sergei Duvanov seems to have frightened many journalists into toeing the government line.

21 Feb 05

Moya Stolitsa Novosti loses all its assets as courts impose damages in cases widely seen as politically motivated.

21 Feb 05

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