Uzbeks Tight-Lipped on Kyrgyz Border Closure
Tashkent may try to extract concessions from Kyrgyzstan before allowing trade to resume.
Armenian Bureaucracy Puts Kids at Risk
Activists warn that unregistered Armenian children left in legal limbo and vulnerable to exploitation.
Kyrgyzstan Isolated by Nervous Neighbours
Uzbeks and Kazaks keep doors closed and watch for signs of stability in Kyrgyzstan.
Serb Witness Speaks of Doboj Crimes
Former Bosnian Serb police commander reveals how non-Serbs in the northern town were arrested and abused.
Prosecutors Seek Mladic Indictment Amendment
They want it changed to allow trials of Karadzic and Mladic to be joined if the latter is arrested soon.
Karadzic's Markale Fraud Claim Disputed
Ex-UN representative in Sarajevo insists that large numbers of people were killed and injured.
New Kyrgyz Leaders Face Down Challenge
Government put to the test as opponents storm governors’ offices across south.
Poor Tajik Living Standards Increase TB Threat
The World Health Organisation says tuberculosis continues to pose a major health threat in Tajikistan.
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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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