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A group of activists protest in a snowy park.

Central Asia in Focus: Almaty Authorities Reject Women’s Day March

Almaty Authorities Reject Women’s Day March, Tajik Authorities Ban Home Prayer Meetings for Ismaili Muslims, Central Asian-Russian relations one year on from war in Ukraine, and more.

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Central Asia in Focus: Elections in Kazakhstan

Russian Pressuring Turkmenistan on Pipeline, sexual violence in Central Asia, death toll in Karakalpakstan, and more.

A large team of rescue workers from Kazakhstan and Turkey pull out Hatice Akar from a collapsed building 180 hours after the earthquake in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey.

Central Asia In Focus: Central Asia Feels The Effects Of Turkey’s Earthquakes

Earthquakes, Kyrgyzstan’s Kempirabad case, RIP Oleg Panfilov, how Russia and Political insiders cash in on Uzbekistan’s gas sector, and more.

RFE/RL President and CEO Jamie Fly meets with officials in Ukraine and Moldova.

RFE/RL President and CEO Jamie Fly Advocates for Azattyk in Visit to Kyrgyzstan

As the Kyrgyz government takes steps to shut down RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, President and CEO Jamie Fly visited Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to advocate for the Service.

Briefly… Reid Standish on Covering China’s Influence

RFE/RL Correspondent Reid Standish discusses why he follows Chinese influence in Central Asia and beyond, and what he hopes readers and listeners will take away from his work.

A crowded courtroom in Bukhara. Around a dozen people sit in a glass cage at the back of the courtroom, guarded by policemen.

Central Asia In Focus: Karakalpak Trials

Karakalpak trials, Uzbekistan halts railway traffic to Afghanistan, independent media deterioration in Kyrgyzstan, and more.

Women protesting in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in early October.

Journalists in Trouble: Kyrgyz Government Moves to Shutter RFE/RL

Kyrgyz government moves to shut down RFE/RL; Radio Azadi defies Taliban restrictions; Darya Losik is sentenced; and more.

Nigora Muhiddinova wipes her face with a handkerchief.

Central Asia in Focus: Russia’s Central Asian Casualties of War

Central Asians dying in Russia’s war, Kyrgyzstan’s judicial system problems, transportation corridor opens between India and Central Asia, and more.

Women protest against a recent attack in Kabul.

RFE/RL Expands Broadcasts to Afghanistan Despite Taliban Ban

RFE/RL’s award-winning programming is now available 24/7 for millions of Afghan listeners.

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