Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev says his security forces will “shoot to kill without warning” and labelled protesters as foreign-backed “terrorists”. …
Central Asia
Ethnic Kazakhs in Afghanistan struggle to resettle in their increasingly unstable homeland
Amid attempts to allow ethnic Kazakhs to leave Afghanistan, Kazakhstan claims there are approximately 200 members of the community remaining,…
Islamic observance booms in Uzbekistan after oppressive restrictions lifted
Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has lifted restrictions on Islamic practices, sparking dramatic changes in the dictatorial Central Asian state. The…
Uzbekistan’s President Mirziyoyev cruises to victory after sham election
Uzbekistan appears to have given President Shavkat Mirziyoyev a second five-year term as a weak opposition failed to challenge the…
Turkmenistan honours dogs and horses during 30th independence parade
Turkmenistan has marked 30 years of independence since the fall of the Soviet Union with a parade led by the…
Russia moves to defuse border tensions between Tajikistan and Taliban regime in Afghanistan
Russia has tried to reduce tensions between Tajikistan and Afghanistan amid reports of troops deployments along the border. Tajikistan’s President…
Rights campaigners say Chechnya authorities hunting down LGBT escapees
The Russian LGBT Network claims four Chechen-speakers abducted Daghestan native Ibragim Selimkhanov in Moscow in May and took him for…
16 Mar 2020
Kyrgyzstan called to explain women’s protest arrests
13 Mar 2020
Uzbek president moves to end forced cotton labour
2 Mar 2020
Rights group calls for UN action on Uzbekistan
24 Feb 2020
Independent Uzbek told to move out by landowner
11 Feb 2020
Kazakhstan’s ethnic-Chinese minority return from Kyrgyzstan after coronavirus-sparked violence
2 Feb 2020
Pompeo: Kazakhs should reject China and Russia cash
30 Jan 2020
Iranian singer and government critic arrested in Turkey
29 Jan 2020
Tajikistan rounds up Muslim Brotherhood suspects
25 Jan 2020