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Central Asia in Focus: October 26, 2022

Police raid in Kyrgyzstan, Tajik Journalist recounts torture, Tajikistan-to-Turkey corridor opens, Uzbekistan’s history comes to Paris, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: October 18, 2022

A test for the Kazakh and Uzbek Presidents, new UN Assistance Mission Chief arrives in Afghanistan, the era of Russia Lite in Central Asia, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: October 11, 2022

The dying Collective Security Treaty Organization, criticism of Tajikistan’s treatment of journalists, the Russia-Central Asia Summit, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: October 4, 2022

Kazakhstan urged to vote for UN discussion on China’s abuses, a good time for Kyrgyz-Uzbek cooperation, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: September 27, 2022

Tajik Courts Convicting GBAO Residents, Rest in Peace Robin Ord-Smith, Kazakhstan’s Presidential Election, and more.

Journalists in Trouble: September 2022

Aleh Hruzdzilovich released from prison in Belarus, Vladyslav Yesypenko receives Free Media Award, Afghanistan one year later, and more.

Central Asia in Focus: September 20, 2022

For a second straight year war broke out along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border on September 16.

Central Asia in Focus: September 13, 2022

On April 5, 2021, Aizada Kanatbekova was kidnapped by six men in the middle of the day in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek.

Central Asia in Focus: September 7, 2022

Kazakhstan has been having problems lately shipping its goods through Russia to Europe, so Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev ordered his government to find alternatives.

Central Asia in Focus: August 30, 2022

Cheers for Mayor Kanbolot Tutuev of Naryn, a city in northeastern Kyrgyzstan, for providing an incentive for teachers.