Central Asia

No Sign of Abducted Kyrgyz Mullah

Evidence suggests Uzbek secret service is continuing to abduct Kyrgyz nationals.

21 Feb 05

Concerns about prison conditions after inmates inflict injuries on themselves.

21 Feb 05

Market traders go on strike following authorities’ latest bid to regulate their industry.

21 Feb 05

Pressure to call moratorium on death penalty grows after claims that bribes can buy convicts out of death row.

21 Feb 05

Market workers say they face ruin after authorities insist on costly new regulations.

21 Feb 05

Authorities seek to thwart first steps towards reviving Erk party as a political force.

21 Feb 05

Suggestions that Russia should withdraw its border force from Tajikistan are more about money than geopolitics.

21 Feb 05

Help for ethnic Kazaks returning home is distributed unevenly, say activists.

21 Feb 05

Fergana authorities fail to halt plunder of Russian Orthodox cemetery

21 Feb 05

Leading Muslim leader denies claims that he’s a key figure in Hizb ut-Tahrir movement.

21 Feb 05

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