Central Asia

Uzbek Minority Blues

Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan, the country's second largest ethnic group, are increasingly unhappy with their loss of status

21 Feb 05

Tuberculosis has reached epidemic proportions in Kyrgyz prisons

21 Feb 05

Uzbeks are banned from travelling to Turkmenistan after tragic border incident

21 Feb 05

Human Rights activist Shovruq Ruzimuradov has died after three weeks in police detention

21 Feb 05

The Uigurs of Xinjiang refuse to give up their dreams of self-rule.

21 Feb 05

The Kyrgyz government feels it is being unjustly penalised by the introduction of harsh visa requirements

21 Feb 05

Unemployed Kazaks are fuming over the influx of illegal foreign workers

21 Feb 05

Farmers in Uzbekistan's borderlands are falling victim to mines laid by their own army

21 Feb 05

An Uzbek newspaper editor noted for his willingness to challenge government censorship has been sacked

21 Feb 05

Campaigners say Kyrgyz detainees are increasingly falling victim to arbitrary police violence

21 Feb 05

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