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Tajikistan: Islamic Party Slams Banned Rival

Central Asia’s only legal Islamic party polishes its image by attacking clandestine group.

Moscow Extradites Controversial Tajik Politician

Russia sends former interior minister back to uncertain fate in Tajikistan.

Kyrgyz Sex Trade Flourishes

The sex trade in Kyrgyzstan has become a big business that the authorities are powerless to stop

Militants Threaten Kyrgyz Frontier

Hundreds of armed militants appear poised to stir up trouble in the Batken border region of Kyrgyzstan

Turkey Holds out Olive Branch

Turkish-Uzbek relations have been frosty ever since Tashkent accused Ankara of sheltering suspected terrorists

Islamists Challenge Kyrgyz Authorities

Kyrgyzstan is clamping down on a Muslim movement determined to turn the country into an Islamic state

Economic Migrants Flock to Kazakstan

Almaty struggles to stem the flow of economic migrants into the country.

Afghanistan: Child Beggars Face Bleak Future

The Afghan authorities are struggling to deal with the capital's massed ranks of child beggars.

Kazakstan: US Pushes Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline

Washington seeks to bolster US economic interests in the Caspian region at the expense of Russia and Iran.

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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