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Kyrgyz Violence Trials Must Deliver Justice

Proceedings to date marred by bias and intimidation.

13 Dec 10

Рейчел Денбер, заместитель директора Отделения по Европе и Центральной Азии, правозащитной организации Хьюман Райтс Вотч (Фото: IWPR)

Рейчел Денбер, заместитель директора Отделения по Европе и Центральной Азии, правозащитной организации Хьюман Райтс Вотч (Фото: IWPR)

Kyrgyz Unrest Trials Show Bias, Discrimination

7 Dec 10

IMF's Turkmenistan Report Too Positive

6 Dec 10

Prison rights activist Vadim Kuramshin outside a penal institution near Granitny in Akmola region, scene of a riot in August. (Photo: Vadim Kuramshin)

Prison rights activist Vadim Kuramshin outside a penal institution near Granitny in Akmola region, scene of a riot in August. (Photo: Vadim Kuramshin)

Kazak Prison Riots Highlight Poor Conditions

Central government’s commitment to penal reform has yet to feed through to prison management, activists say.

3 Dec 10

Uzbek Prison Abuses

3 Dec 10

Recommendations to OSCE From Parallel Civil Society Conference

28-29 November 2010, Astana, Kazakhstan

2 Dec 10

Вячеслав Мамедов, руководитель Гражданского Демократического Союза Туркменистана. (Фото: IWPR)

Вячеслав Мамедов, руководитель Гражданского Демократического Союза Туркменистана. (Фото: IWPR)

Turkmen Rights Activists Speak Out Ahead of OSCE Meeting

1 Dec 10

Police go over the ground where the explosives were planted in what looks like a deliberate bombing. (Photo: Grigory Mikhailov)

Police go over the ground where the explosives were planted in what looks like a deliberate bombing. (Photo: Grigory Mikhailov)

Blast in Kyrgyz Capital Raises Tensions

Authorities accuse Islamic radicals of planting bomb, though others are not so sure.

1 Dec 10

Spinning “Media Freedom” in Uzbekistan

30 Nov 10

Convicts Protest Against Torture at Notorious Uzbek Jail

30 Nov 10

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