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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.

Central Asia in Focus: Elections in Kazakhstan

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

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.

Central Asia In Focus: Karakalpak Trials

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