Central Asia

Rights Crackdown Mars Uzbek Independence Day

Celebrations marking 12 years of statehood preceded by an apparent clampdown on dissent and criticism.

21 Feb 05

Mormons are only the latest foreign missionaries with plans for Kyrgyzstan - to the dismay of

21 Feb 05

Authorities show no sign of compromising as hunger striker seeks to highlight human rights abuses.

21 Feb 05

Four small parties team up to form loyalist bloc, offering a possible vehicle for presidential succession.

21 Feb 05

Authorities refuse to allow psychiatric tests on death-row convict despite disturbed behaviour.

21 Feb 05

Gypsies return to nomadic way of life, after failure of attempts to integrate them into society.

21 Feb 05

Law enforcers hunt down "undesirables" on eve of conference.

21 Feb 05

Sufferers fear they will be denied live-saving insulin as suppliers lose patience with government’s failure to pay its bills.

21 Feb 05

Uzbeks Take Chances as Migrant Labour.

21 Feb 05

The mahalla used to be a benign social institution - now it is part of a police state.

21 Feb 05

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