Uzbekistan

Pictures Alleged to Libel Uzbek Nation

Photographs of life in rural Uzbekistan.

Bad Fences Make Kyrgyz, Uzbeks Nervous Neighbours

Poorly delineated frontier compounded by fraught political relationship.

Uzbek Rights Activists to Speak out at UN

Uzbek Muslims See Little Hope After Rote Election

Turkmen Human Rights for Energy Not a Fair Trade

West’s haste to engage with Turkmenistan and buy its gas risks sweeping human rights under the carpet, activists say.

Tajikistan Struggles With Landmine Legacy

Conflict in Tajikistan may have ended a dozen years ago, but residents continue to be killed and injured when they step on landmines, Khurshed Durakhsh reports.

Hunger Claims Lives of Balkh Children

Poverty, drought leaves babies and toddlers malnourished in north.

Tajik-Uzbek Spy Case Highlights Political Divisions

Allegations that Uzbeks spied on Tajik uranium facility fit wider pattern of suspicion and mistrust.

Uzbekistan Legalises Farm Collectivisation

Central Asia: Oct/Nov ‘09

IWPR journalist in Kyrgyzstan wins an award for parliamentary coverage.