Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has lifted restrictions on Islamic practices, sparking dramatic changes in the dictatorial Central Asian state. The…
Central Asia
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…
Kyrgyzstan called to explain women’s protest arrests
Kyrgyzstan’s authorities have been accused of arresting approximately 70 activists – mostly women – last week, according to Human Rights…
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…
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
Uzbek television broadcasts controversial Netflix film ‘6 Underground’ to Turkmenistan
14 Jan 2020
Europe defies Trump on Iran sanctions
10 Jan 2020