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Turkmen Face Crippling Travel Curbs

Mushrooming checkpoints along major routes have made Turkmen citizens foreigners in their own country.

TV Show Offends Muslims

Furious Mecca pilgrims find popular TV pundit’s remarks insulting.

Uzbek Tourist Drive

Tashkent attempts to cash in on the country's rich cultural heritage

Karimov U-turn on Islam

President Karimov is reversing his government's once tolerant attitude towards Islam

Kyrgyz Anger Over Business Scandals

Bishkek politicians fume over officials' collusion with dodgy Turkish businessmen

West Hints at Taliban Recognition Deal

Only Osama bin Laden appears to stand in the way of Western recognition of the Taliban

Astana Eager for Oil Profits

Kazakstan is keen to exploit growing interest in its Caspian oil fields

US Campaign Poses Threat to Central Asia

Washington's quest for allies in its war on terrorism risks democracy and human rights across Central Asia.

Afghanistan: Buddha Caves Provide Refuge

Hundreds of homeless Afghan families find shelter amid the ruins of the Bamiyan Buddhas

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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