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December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

In this week’s edition: Kazakh authorities pressure #NeMolchiKZ, Reporters Without Borders and Deutsche Welle support Kloop Media, Kyrgyz pensioner found guilty of calling for government’s overthrow, and more.

All five Central Asian militaries have drones, and four of the countries produce military drones domestically.

RFE/RL Ukrainian Service journalist Valeriya Yegoshina and Systema journalist Elizaveta Surnacheva discuss how their investigative teams discovered that Redut is a fictitious Private Military Company (PMC).

In this week’s edition: Kazakh authorities send mixed signals on using SpaceX’s Starlink, EU Anti-Drug Program warns of increase of Afghan methamphetamines in Uzbekistan, Turkmen authorities prevent journalist from collecting…

Headlines in Kazakhstan in recent weeks have been dominated by reports of violence against women.

In this week’s edition: two Afghan governments are represented in Tajikistan, Iran is involved in a deal to sell Turkmen gas to Iraq, RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva is detained in…

Gallup World Poll just released the results of its annual Law and Order Index, which ranked Tajikistan as the most secure country in the world.

In this week’s edition: a new Russian trade corridor in Central Asia, an Uzbek citizen was sent to prison for fighting in Ukraine, how foreign wars are affecting governments and…