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Turkmen Farmers Urged to Sell Cotton on Open Market

14 Dec 10

Sign inside Kyrgyzstan’s only male young offenders’ institution – “Out to freedom with a clear conscience”. (Photo: Yelena Voronina)

Sign inside Kyrgyzstan’s only male young offenders’ institution – “Out to freedom with a clear conscience”. (Photo: Yelena Voronina)

Cutting Youth Re-Offending in Kyrgyzstan

More needs to be done to help young offenders adjust to life after detention.

14 Dec 10

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

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