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RFE/RL journalist speaks to two Tajik migrant workers.

Central Asia in Focus: November 8, 2022

Russian TV gets competition in Uzbekistan, Tajik migrant laborers find employment closer to home, Organization of Turkic States Summit, and more.

A demonstrator marching in support of independent media is interviewed and speaks into an RFE/RL microphone.

RFE/RL Challenges Kyrgyz Government Decision to Block Websites

Today, RFE/RL filed an administrative complaint with Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy.

People walk next to their cars queuing to cross the border into Kazakhstan at Mariinsky border crossing after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of reservists to fight in Ukraine. (AP Photo)

Central Asia in Focus: November 1, 2022

Russians fleeing to Central Asia, bad Turkmen choices, Uzbek President’s visit to Kyrgyzstan, possible Tajik Connection to Iranian Drones in Ukraine, and more.

March in support of freedom of speech in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Oct. 14, 2022.

Journalists in Trouble: October 2022

Kyrgyz authorities block RFE/RL websites, Darya Losik detained, Iranian authorities seize Radio Farda journalist’s remains, further repression in Russia, and more.

Demonstrators march in support of independent media.

RFE/RL Responds to Kyrgyz Government Blocking Websites in Crackdown on Free Media

Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy announced it was blocking RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service websites for two months.

A crowd marches in support of activists in Bishkek, Krygyzstan.

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.

A woman (L) and Nietbay Urazbaev holding a portrait (R)

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.

Mobilized men gather by a military commissariat of the Kirovsky and Leninsky Districts of Novosibirsk.

RFE/RL Traffic Surges Following Kremlin’s Mobilization Announcement

Six months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian audiences are seeking out RFE/RL coverage of recent events in the war in unprecedented numbers.

A soldier each stands under the flags of Tajikistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia (L-R)

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.

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