Kyrgyzstan’s authorities have been accused of arresting approximately 70 activists – mostly women – last week, according to Human Rights…
Central Asia
Uzbek president moves to end forced cotton labour
Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has signed a decree ending the state-order system for cotton cultivation in a move to end…
Rights group calls for UN action on Uzbekistan
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has made a submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ahead of its national review…
Independent Uzbek told to move out by landowner
Tashkent’s Ilkhom playhouse, which has long been a sanctuary of free speech, experimental theatre and culture within dictatorial Uzbekistan, this…
Kazakhstan’s ethnic-Chinese minority return from Kyrgyzstan after coronavirus-sparked violence
More than 1,000 Kazakh citizens of Chinese descent have crossed the Kyrgyzstan border back into Kazakhstan after initially fleeing communal…
Pompeo: Kazakhs should reject China and Russia cash
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on Kazakhstan to welcome Russian and Chinese investment and influence with caution….
Iranian singer and government critic arrested in Turkey
Iranian singer Amir Tataloo, who has a large following on social media and is an outspoken critic of the regime…
29 Jan 2020
Tajikistan rounds up Muslim Brotherhood suspects
25 Jan 2020
Uzbek television broadcasts controversial Netflix film ‘6 Underground’ to Turkmenistan
14 Jan 2020
Europe defies Trump on Iran sanctions
10 Jan 2020
Russian troops on Turkmen-Afghan border: claim
7 Jan 2020
Russia calls on India to join trade bloc
4 Jan 2020
Kazakhstan to breed Aberdeen Angus herds
11 Dec 2019
Uzbekistan called to end systematic torture
26 Nov 2019
Turkmenistan stages first opera after 19-year ban
14 Nov 2019