Central Asia

Kazak Broadcast Bill Seen as Curbing Media

Legislation seeks to tighten controls on broadcast industry, critics say.

Making Sense of Kazak Shootings

IWPR reporting on violence in Kazakstan adds facts and nuances to local coverage.

Uzbekistan's "Revolutionary" Rights Reform

Kyrgyz Folk Hero Replaces Freedom Monument

Authorities in continual search for new symbol of national identity.

The Price of Failure in Uzbekistan

Central Asia: June/July '11 Part II

IWPR reporting on violence in Kazakstan adds facts and nuances to local coverage.

Tashkent Sends Hostile Message on Human Rights

Patience Wearing Thin in Kazakstan

Common assumption that Kazakstan's long-suffering people will never grow restive may be wrong.

Tajiks to Retain Control of Afghan Frontier

No self-respecting nation can allow someone else to guard its borders, whatever ambitions Moscow might have, analysts say.

Uzbek Authorities Unnerved by Spiralling Web Use