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Kyrgyzstan: Falcon Smuggling Furore

Poaching scandal threatens to blow up into political row as protected species turns up at Russian airbase.

Uzbekistan: Furious Traders Riot

Thousands of people in the Fergana valley take to the streets, some attacking the police sent to disperse them.

Uzbek Prostitutes Look to New Markets

The economic crisis at home has forced prostitutes to expand their horizons.

US Seeks to Strengthen Kazak Relations

Washington and Russia are battling for influence over the Central Asian republic

Turkmenistan: Soldiers Die of Hunger

Turkmen army food rations are so poor that some young conscripts are literally starving to death.

Kazakstan: Returnee Hopes Shattered

Many diaspora Kazaks lured back home by reports of generous government aid have ended up being bitterly disappointed.

Turkmenistan: Western Concern Over Arrests

Prominent Turkmen and foreigners amongst scores arrested following bid to kill Niazov.

Kyrgyzstan: Ex-Diplomats Contest “Political” Election Ban

Former ambassadors now active in politics are forbidden from running for office because they’ve lived outside the country.

Kyrgyz Passport Fiasco

A delay in issuing new tamper-proof travel documents causes chaos.

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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