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Could China Be Softening Stance on Kazak, Kyrgyz Minorities?

Mass release of detainees stirs hopes that international criticism may be working.
IWPR Launches CABAR.asia Media School

Website brings together educational resources with up-to-date video trainings.
Tajik Media Losing Relevance

Independent print outlets at risk of disappearing altogether.
Kyrgyzstan: Is Tengrism a Religion or a Point of View?

Opinion remains divided on the status of this time-honoured, non-dogmatic faith.
Crackdown Continues on Tajik Mosques

Hundreds of unofficial centres of worship have been forced to shut in recent years.

Kyrgyz activists protest against camps in China in front of the UN House in Bishkek. (Photo: RFE RL Kyrgyz service)

Could China Be Softening Stance on Kazak, Kyrgyz Minorities?

Natalia Lee, Andrey Grishin

22 Jan 19

Mass release of detainees stirs hopes that international criticism may be working.

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CABAR.asia Holds Reunion Workshop

IWPR Central Asia

6 Dec 18

Analysts and journalists discuss regional prospects for the coming year.

IWPR’s Tajikistan editor Lola Olimova appears in a video lesson on how to apply international standards in journalism. (Video by CABAR.asia)

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IWPR Launches CABAR.asia Media School

IWPR Central Asia

5 Dec 18

Website brings together educational resources with up-to-date video trainings.

(Photo: CABAR.asia)

Project Highlight

Tajik Media Losing Relevance

IWPR Central Asia

23 Nov 18

Independent print outlets at risk of disappearing altogether.

Anarbek Usupbaev, Kyrgyz activist and representative of the ancient tradition of Tengrism. (Photo courtesy of A. Usupbaev)

Kyrgyzstan: Is Tengrism a Religion or a Point of View?

20 Nov 18

Opinion remains divided on the status of this time-honoured, non-dogmatic faith.

An unregistered mosque in the Vakhsh valley which has since been closed. (Photo: IWPR Central Asia)

Crackdown Continues on Tajik Mosques

IWPR Central Asia

20 Nov 18

Hundreds of unofficial centres of worship have been forced to shut in recent years.

Lola Olimova, IWPR Tajikistan Editor and Programme Manager. (Photo: IWPR)

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IWPR Surveys Media and Civil Society in Central Asia

IWPR Central Asia

13 Nov 18

Experts emphasise need for closer contact and more cooperation.

IWPR's “training for trainers” workshop for a group of Uzbek editors and journalism teachers. (Photo: CABAR)

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Uzbek Media Professionals Learn New Skills

IWPR Central Asia

6 Nov 18

Workshop looks at how to create and conduct effective journalism courses to international standards.

Parviz Tursunov, a former football player. (Photo courtesy of RFERL Tajik service)

Tajikistan Cracks Down On ''Extremists''

Timur Toktonaliev

29 Oct 18

Rights groups accuse government of a campaign of discrimination.

Extremist material confiscated by the ministry of internal affairs. (Photo: Kyrgyz Ministry of Internal Affairs)

Combatting Extremism in Kyrgyzstan: Everyone's At Risk

3 Oct 18

Hundreds face trial over allegedly radical books, videos or pamphlets.

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