Tajik NGOs Step Up Anti-Torture Campaign
Recent death in detention highlights routine use of torture against suspects.
Uzbek Journalists Trained for Silence
Despite years of censorship and total state control, the authorities still feel the need to warn reporters not to stray into sensitive areas.
Anger as Kazak Currency Devalued
Anti-government rallies small, but analysts still see them as significant.
Disabled Children Left Behind in Georgian Care Reforms
Policy shift towards community care has not extended to children with disabilities.
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Georgia: Strangers in Their Own Land
What was meant as temporary refuge has become home to people who fled Abkhazia two decades ago.
Karadzic Witnesses Deny Prison Camp Atrocities
Former officials say they were unaware of mistreatment at Omarska and Keraterm detention centres.
Azerbaijani Villagers Campaign for Legal Title to Homes
They have proof they paid for their land, but the authorities say official documents don't mean a thing.
Top Azeri Journalist Targeted With "Spy" Charge
Khadija Ismayil published a document on the secret service spying on the opposition. Prosecutors say that's a state secret.
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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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