News Briefing Central Asia cover © IWPR FocusNews Briefing Central AsiaYears active: 2006-2012 Nature Reserve Under Threat New Debt Strategy on the Cards Judges Ignore Death Penalty Ban Gender Equality Only Skin-Deep Mosques Threatened with Closure Shedding Light on the Power Industry Central Bank Rate Hike Likely to Deter Investors Government Will Ignore Opponents' Olive Branch Interest Rates Seen as Too Blunt a Tool Show more