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Central Asia in Focus: Uzbek Authorities Detain 17 Young Men Who Planned to Join ISIS
In this week’s edition: Uzbek authorities detain young men who planned on joining the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, Kyrgyzstan signs agreement to build its first floating solar electric stations,…
Journalists in Trouble: RFE/RL’s Farid Mehralizada Marks Five Months in Detention in Azerbaijan
RFE/RL’s Farid Mehralizada marks five months in detention in Azerbaijan; Alsu Kurmasheva receives the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) International Press Freedom Award; Vladyslav Yesypenko’s wife advocates for him in…
Central Asia in Focus: Kyrgyz Authorities Target Another Opposition Party
In this week’s edition: Kyrgyz authorities detained leading members of Kyrgyzstan’s Social Democrats party, a Tajik court extended the prison sentence of Pamiri MMA fighter Chorshanbe Chorshanbiev, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Kazakh Journalists Take Fight for Accreditation to Court
In this week’s edition: the trial of a group of Kazakh journalists started in an Astana court last week, Turkmenistan lost its contract to supply Russia with 5.5 billion cubic…
Central Asia in Focus: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Snub Russian Organizations
In this week’s edition: Russia fails to induct Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan into two multilateral organizations, a Tajik court sentences two members of the banned political opposition movement Group 24 to…
Journalists in Trouble: RFE/RL President Visits Ukraine, Advocates for RFE/RL Journalist
RFE/RL President visits Ukraine; EP resolution urges action on political prisoners; Alsu Kurmasheva advocates for her imprisoned colleagues; former RFE/RL journalist Viktoria Roshchyna dies in Russian detention; and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Kazakhstan’s Referendum on Nuclear Power
In this week’s edition: Kazakhstan conducted a national referendum on constructing the country’s first nuclear power plant, the court decision in the controversial trial of Kyrgyz journalists is expected soon,…
Central Asia in Focus: Uzbek Senate Adopts “Undesirable Foreigner” Law
In this week’s edition: Uzbekistan’s Senate adopted the its “undesirable foreigners” law, the role of “Russian Community” Nationalists’ role in raids on migrant communities grows, and more.
Journalists in Trouble: Alsu Kurmasheva Receives National Press Club President’s Award
Alsu Kurmasheva receives National Press Club President’s Award; Andrey Kuznechyk marks 1,000 days in prison; former RFE/RL correspondent dies in Turkmenistan; and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Independent Media Outlets Back Under Pressure in Kyrgyzstan
In this week’s edition: independent media outlets in Kyrgyzstan face renewed pressure from the authorities, Russian politicians support bans on migrant laborers bringing their families to Russia, and more.