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Kazak Oil Controversy

Kazaks question a government plan to invest much of the country's huge oil wealth abroad

Kazak Cops Hammer Counter-culture

Lead an alternative lifestyle in Almaty and you may well end up bribed, beaten or tortured

Uzbekistan: Shuttle Traders Curbed

New threat to the roving traders who helped rescue the Uzbek economy following the collapse of Soviet rule.

Kyrgyz-Kazak Tourism Row

Competition between Kazak tourist agencies is said to have sparked a war of words between Bishkek and Astana.

Uzbek Women Plead for Religious Prisoners

President Karimov is urged to alleviate the suffering of Uzbekistan's political and religious inmates.

Uzbekistan: Islamic Group Driven Underground

Government claims success in its campaign to wipe out Hizb-ut Tahrir.

Trafficking Link to Bishkek Murders

Investigators believe bizarre killings may have some connection with overseas prostitution racket.

Kyrgyzstan: Anger at US Bases Mounts

An influential Muslim politician voices strong opposition to anti-terror troops in the country.

Uzbek Human Rights Fears

Western governments keep silent as number of disputed convictions rise.

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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