Newsletter
Central Asia in Focus: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Visits Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Lukpan Akhmedyarov detained, Kazakh oil shipped through BTC, UN Special Rapporteur on Religious Freedom makes recommendations, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Taliban’s Creeping Diplomatic Inroads in Central Asia
‘Terrorist’ and ‘Extremist’ charges in Tajikistan, China investing in Afghan lithium, ban on meetings in Bishkek, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Poisonous Air in Kazakhstan
Call for sanctions on Tajik Officials, criminalizing domestic violence in Uzbekistan, UN to visit Tajikistan, Kazakh oil workers detained, and more.
Journalists in Trouble: Reports Suggest RFE/RL Journalist’s Condition in Belarusian Prison is Deteriorating
Ihar Losik suffers injuries in prison; Kyrgyz courts dismiss RFE/RL lawsuits challenging censorship; and more
Central Asia in Focus: The Rape Case Shocking Uzbekistan
Kazakh labor strikes, Taliban’s relationship with Central Asian countries, Kyrgyz court extends ban on meetings, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Russian Ties
Central Asian diplomacy with Russia and the West, effects of Afghan water project, Serdar Berdymukhammedov’s presidency, a new Kazakhstan?, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Bombings South of Uzbekistan
An Act of Defiance in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan’s Mazhilis elections, UNHCHR Chief Visiting Central Asia, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Blinken Visits Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Blinken Visits Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz hydropower, gender-based violence in Central Asia, inequality in the workplace, and more.
Journalists in Trouble: RFE/RL Challenges Kyrgyz Government Crackdown
Kyrgyz government continues crackdown on RFE/RL; Taliban blocks Radio Azadi websites; Iran sanctions RFE/RL President; and more.
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.