Georgia Stuck in NATO Limbo
Tbilisi continues to dream, but membership remains a long way off.
Opposition Over Russian-Armenian Air Defence
Fears that Moscow cannot be trusted as a guarantor of national security.
Uzbekistan's Latest Answer to Facebook
The government wants to control people’s lives both online and offline.
Justice for Murdered Azeri Journalist?
Activists warn that government demonisation has created a culture of impunity.
It's Hard to be a Punk in Tajikistan
Economic troubles and official disapproval takes its toll on a dwindling subculture.
Azerbaijan: Political Arrests Continue
The country’s most famous prisoner of conscience has been freed, but activists continue to be detained.
Armenia: Orphans Struggle to Overcome Stigma
Children raised in care homes are marginalised by society, even after they reach adulthood.
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Kazak State Cracks Down on Dissent
Protestors and journalists arrested after public anger at farmland reforms.
Azerbaijan: Happy Slaves' Day
Drugs charges used as pretext for detaining men who vandalised a public monument.
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Global Voices: Europe/Eurasia
Highlights from IWPR’s Central Asia network of analysis and investigations.
The construction of the Qosh Tepa canal in Afghanistan is causing water shortages in southern Uzbekistan, while in Kyrgyzstan the government is considering the construction of a nuclear power plant. In Kazakstan, conservation activists are working to save the Central Asian tortoise from extinction.
Elsewhere, CABAR delves into the efforts by Central Asian authorities to detect, reduce and prevent statelessness across the region.
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