Tajikistan: Putin and Rahmonov Make Progress
First face-to-face meeting between the two presidents appears to signal thaw in relations between their countries.
First face-to-face meeting between the two presidents appears to signal thaw in relations between their countries.
A measure to discourage membership of Hizb-ut-Tahrir could have serious implications for political parties and other groups.
Labourers in Russian capital are falling victim to unscrupulous bosses and corrupt officials.
Rights activists fail to find consensus over tackling security service abuses.
One of the world’s most corrupt countries struggles to create a fairer business environment.
Kyrgyz officials and women’s rights activists welcome the changes, but the roots of the sex trade have yet to be tackled.
Tashkent accused of intimidating democracy activists on eve of major gathering of regional heads of state.
Thousands of high school leavers find they can’t go to university, and can’t get a job either.
Old practice of abducting women persists despite opposition from Uzbek laws, Muslim clerics and the forced brides themselves.
Schoolchildren are spending their holidays doing backbreaking and potential dangerous manual labour, for no pay.