Uzbekistan

Opposition Won't Feature in Pluralist Polls

Disabled Unhappy With Uzbek Poll Arrangements

Tajik Power Plant Threatens Winter Shutdown

Questions raised as to why Tajik power company is not paying for electricity taken from Russian-owned dam scheme.

Central Asia: Oct/Nov ‘09

IWPR event instrumental in mobilising community efforts to deal with growing problem of suicide in Tajikistan.

Uzbek Pension Payments Slip Further Behind

Uzbekistan Downplays Drug Problem

Government accused of underestimating number of heroin users and failing to support treatment programmes.

Tbilisi Criticised Over Repatriation Requests

Tens of thousands of Meskhetians apply to come home, but Georgian officials accused of not doing enough to help them.

Uzbek Rights Activist Gets One Year Off Sentence

Tashkent Facelift Tears Up the Past

Children Forced to Pick Cotton in South Kazakstan

Parents say schools are sending youngsters into the fields despite official ban on child labour.