IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Drug trafficking rings in Tajikistan have been making increasing use of women and children, who are less likely to attract the police’s attention.
Opposition parties in Soghd province in the north of Tajikistan are calling for the retirement age to be reduced so that more people are eligible for a pension.
Questions continue to be asked about a children’s home in northeast Kyrgyzstan, reports Eleonora Mambetshakirova.
The large numbers of Kyrgyz who work as market traders in neighbouring Kazakstan say life has become more difficult now that they have to obtain an official work permit.