Central Asia

Turkmen Academics Welcome Science Reforms

Civil War Statues Keep Bad Memories Alive

Manuchehr Mirzoev reports from the southwestern Tajik city of Qurghonteppa where residents are deeply divided over monuments to commanders from one side of a bloody civil war.

Female Farmworkers an Oppressed Class

Because of the scale of rural emigration in search of better-paid work abroad, one rarely sees a man at work in the cotton fields of southern Tajikistan these days.

Electoral Amnesia in Tajikistan

As political parties gear up for next year’s parliamentary election, reporter Rahmatullo Odina discovers that many voters have no idea who they voted for last time.

Central Asia: 'May 09

IWPR report poured oil on troubled waters as Kyrgyz politicians geared up to protest Uzbek “incursion”.

Calls for Release of Jailed Uzbek Poet

Turkmen Local Elections Set for July

Turkmenistan to Host Investment Forum

Release of High-Profile Turkmen Prisoner Unlikely to Mean Wider Amnesty

Turkmen Seek to Dictate Gas Price