Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

RFE/RL Central Asia Report 12/27/2010 9:00:34 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the five countries of Central Asia. For more stories on Central Asia, please visit and bookmark our Central Asia page .

 

Tajiks, Afghans To Be Dismissed From Iranian School In Dushanbe Tajikistan's Education Ministry has ordered an Iranian school under supervision of the Iranian Embassy in Dushanbe to dismiss all Tajik and Afghan pupils. More   Afghanistan Returns Tajik Fugitives Tajikistan's State National Security Committee has confirmed that four Tajik citizens have been extradited from Afghanistan, including two fugitives from a mass jailbreak four months ago. More   New Year Brings New Fears In Kyrgyzstan's Troubled City Of Osh The normally festive New Year's holidays have lost their sheen this year in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, where authorities have banned public gatherings and fireworks out of security concerns. More   Possible Referendum For Kazakh Leader Vladimir Redkokashin, the head of the Astana city council, has said an initiative group of well-known politicians and scholars have turned in a request to hold a national referendum to extend President Nursultan Nazarbaev's term in office until 2020. More   Afghans Release Tajik 'Kidnapped By Mistake' A Tajik student has told of his kidnap ordeal at the hands of a group of Afghan drug smugglers in a suspected case of mistaken identity. More   Kyrgyz Veterans Hold Hunger Strike Over Social Allowances Two Kyrgyz Army veterans have started a hunger strike in Bishkek to demand overdue social allowances. More   Tajikistan Takes On Beards, Foreign Madrasahs Tajikistan seems to be determined to meet a government deadline to return home all its students studying in unofficial foreign religious schools. More   More Suspected Islamic Militants Arrested In Northern Tajikistan Tajik police and security forces have detained six suspected members of the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in the past two days. More   Kazakh Activists Set Up Committee To Defend Lawyer Kazakh human rights activists have set up a committee to defend a prominent media rights lawyer. More   New Kyrgyz Region Joins Teacher Strike Some 60 secondary school teachers picketed the municipal administration building in the town of Batken in southern Kyrgyzstan today in a protest over pay. More