Central Asia
Uzbekistan Arrests Human Rights Activist & Former RFE/RL Journalist
Earlier this week, authorities in Uzbekistan arrested former RFE/RL journalist and human rights activist Solijon Abdurahmanov.
Blockage of RFE/RL Kazakh Website Ends
Intense international pressure on the Kazakh government ends a seven-week blockage of RFE/RL’s Kazakh-language website
Kazakhstan Blocking RFE/RL Websites
For more than five weeks, Internet users in Kazakhstan have been unable to access the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Kazakh-language website despite repeated requests to the Kazakh government and KazTelecom…
Uzbek Journalist Arrested on Third Anniversary of Andijon Crackdown
In Uzbekistan, former RFE/RL journalist Nosir Zokirov was fined today after being held by authorities for two days, accused of “violating public order.”
RFE/RL President Dismayed at Killing of Uzbek Journalist
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President Jeffrey Gedmin expressed his dismay at the violent death Wednesday of newspaper editor Alisher Saipov in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
One Year Later, RFE/RL Turkmen Correspondent’s Death Still Unexplained
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty this week marks the first anniversary of the unexplained death in prison of Ogulsapar Muradova, human rights activist and Turkmenistan correspondent for RFE/RL’s Turkmen language broadcasts.
RFE/RL Turkmen Correspondent Dies in Prison
Journalist Ogulsapar Muradova, a Turkmen correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, has died in prison under unexplained circumstances.
RFE/RL Turkmen Correspondent Sentenced
A correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, detained by Turkmen authorities since June, was put on trial today and sentenced to six years in prison.
Case of RFE/RL Turkmen Correspondent Submitted for Trial
A correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan is to be put on trial after spending more than two months in prison incommunicado.
RFE/RL Turkmen Correspondent Still in Prison
A Turkmen correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Ashgabat has now been held in a prison in Turkmenistan for more than seven weeks, without charge and without access to…