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Central Asia in Focus: August 2, 2022

The Tajik government’s campaign against the Pamiri people of the eastern Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) continues unabated.

RFE/RL imprisoned journalists Andrey Kuznechyk, Ihar Losik, and Aleh Hruzdzilovich.

Journalists in Trouble: July 2022

Consumers of RFE/RL content in Belarus sentenced; Media situation in Tajikistan rapidly declines; and more.

Three men appear to be forcing another into a car.

Central Asia in Focus: July 19, 2022

Tajik authorities are orchestrating the biggest crackdown the country has seen since 2015.

RFE/RL President Jamie Fly speaking to a Ukrainian official.

RFE/RL President & CEO Jamie Fly Meets With Staff, Officials During Ukraine Visit

During a visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv last week, RFE/RL President & CEO Jamie Fly met with top Ukrainian officials.

Deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh Natalya Nikitenko sits at a desk.

Central Asia in Focus: July 12, 2022

At the start of July, civic activists and representatives of women’s organizations in Kyrgyzstan sent a letter to the country’s president.

A large crowd waves flags and stands in the street for a demonstration in Karakalpakstan.

Central Asia in Focus: July 6, 2022

Protests over proposed constitutional amendments in Uzbekistan’s autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic left 18 people dead and 243 injured on July 1.

Ihar Losik poses against a branded RFE/RL background

RFE/RL Condemns Ihar Losik’s Addition to Terrorist Watch Registry

RFE/RL condemns the Lukashenka regime’s addition of imprisoned RFE/RL Belarus Service journalist Ihar Losik to a terrorist watch list.

Tajikistan – President Emomali Rakhmon (L) and Said Abdullo Nuri (R), leader of the opposition, sign the Tajik Peace Accord on June 27, 1997.

Central Asia in Focus: June 28, 2022

Tajikistan just marked 25 years since the end of the civil war.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a plenary session at the 2022 St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Central Asia in Focus: June 21, 2022

Back in February, Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev said Kazakhstan and Russia were neighbors from God.

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