Central Asia

UK Plans to Use Tajikistan as Afghan Exit Route

Kazakstan: Free Speech in Danger

London event highlights use of criminal law to punish dissent.

Experts Baffled by Suicide Rate in North Tajikistan

Enclave Issues Challenge Uzbek, Kyrgyz Leaders

Fraught political relationship makes fixing local problems that much more difficult.

Kyrgyz Politician Gets Her Bride-Theft Law

It took a while, but Aynuru Altybaeva finally convinced her parliamentary colleagues that old "tradition" was criminal behaviour.

Kazak Media Freedom in Reverse Gear

Continuing persecution backed by raft of retrograde laws.

"Volunteering" Gone Mad in Uzbekistan

Tajik-Uzbek Relations at Low Ebb

As Uzbek leader calls for respect and mutual understanding, many Tajiks believe it is time he showed some.

Kazakstan: Tough Times for Wives of Janaozen Convicts

Struggling to support families, they believe their husbands were made scapegoats for 2011 bloodshed.

Uzbekistan Short of HIV Drugs