Central Asia

Tajik Labour Migrants Leave "Orphans" Behind

US Focus on Fuel, Not Freedom in Turkmenistan

Kyrgyzstan Enclave in Turmoil

Row over location of electricity poles erupts into violence, reflecting deeper tensions in Kyrgyz-Uzbek border areas.

Uzbek Secret Police Roam Russian Prisons

Rights activists says Tashkent security men interrogate detainees and abduct asylum-seekers in Russia with impunity.

Forcible Sterilisation Continues in Uzbekistan

Domestic Violence Law Seen as Milestone in Tajikistan

Badakhshan Fighting Leaves Lasting Effects

Uzbek Political Parties Fall Out

IMF Predicts High Inflation for Uzbekistan

Breakthrough for Outsider Party in Kyrgyzstan

System may be changing, slowly, so that policies become more important than politicians.