Central Asia

Alleged Torture Death May Make Test-Case in Tajikistan

Tajikistan's Reluctant Soldiers

Tajik Suicide Rate Driven Up by Hardship

Water Shortage in Southern Kyrgyz Region

Undead Kyrgyz Protester Resurfaces

Kyrgyzstan Marks Uprising Date in Sorrow

Images of commemorations for those killed in April 2010 violence.

Central Asia's Vulnerable Women

Domestic violence is all too often seen as a private matter in which the state should not intervene.

Turkmen Internet Users Fearful of Bypassing Censors

Turkmen President Set for Key Talks in Romania and Uzbekistan

Twilight World of Central Asian Migrants

Millions of Central Asian men desperate for work find illegal jobs in Kazakstan and Russia where they have few rights and are vulnerable to exploitation.