Central Asia

Uzbek Political Reforms Merely for Effect

Award for Human Rights Defender From Uzbekistan

Central Asian Rights Activists Seek OSCE Action

Local groups back international calls for new post dedicated to protecting human rights defenders.

Cold Welcome for Asylum-Seekers in Kazakstan

Turkmenistan Looking East for Gas Exports

Alternative Gas Routes Move up Turkmen Agenda

Central Asia: Aug/Sep ‘10

IWPR reporting and debates said to have played key role in efforts to get bill banning domestic violence through parliament.

Campaign Boosts Tajik Women's Rights Reform Bid

IWPR reporting and debates said to have played key role in efforts to get bill banning domestic violence through parliament.

Anti-Corruption Efforts Falter in Kyrgyzstan

US and Russia Should Not Compete in Central Asia

Symbiosis, not great power rivalry the way forward, leading expert Alexei Malashenko says.