RFE/RL CENTRAL ASIA REPORT
15.07.2013
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 . |
Some religious extremists call it un-Islamic. Other people find it annoying and say it borders on begging. But children across Central Asia love Ramadan caroling -- a tradition that evolved out of Central Asia's pre-Islamic customs. More  Russia Snubs Tajik Journalist A well-known Tajik opposition journalist has been denied entry at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. More  Italy Says Kazakh Banker's Wife Can Return The Italian government has said it would revoke a deportation order against the wife and daughter of a Kazakh opposition figure who allegedly embezzled several billion dollars from one of Kazakhstan's biggest banks and fled the country. More  Kazakhstan Targets Associates In Hunt For Fugitive Tycoon Kazakh authorities have not yet succeeded in tracking down fugitive banker and staunch government critic Mukhtar Ablyazov so he can face embezzlement charges at home. However, by casting a wider net they continue to ensnare his close associates and family members. More  Five Tajik Madrasahs Suspended Tajik authorities have suspended the operation of five of the country's six legally-run madrasahs. More Amnesty International has accused Kazakhstan's president of concealing evidence of torture and the use of excessive lethal force by police. More  Watchdog Raises Concerns Over Kazakh Ill-Treatment Of Zhanaozen Prisoners RFE/RL speaks to Amnesty International's David Diaz-Jogeix, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia Program at Amnesty International, about the contents of a new report titled "Old Habits: The Routine Use of Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in Kazakhstan," part of which focuses on deadly clashes between police and demonstrators in Zhanaozen in 2011. More  Kyrgyz Activists Seek Int'l Funding Halt Kyrgyzstan's Council of Human Rights Defenders has called on international financial institutions not to provide Bishkek with financial support unless a jailed rights activist is released. More Tajik Interior Ministry spokesman Mahmadullo Asadulloev told RFE/RL on July 10 that the suspects are accused of hacking into the computer network of a subsidiary of Sweden's TeliaSonera mobile-telephone operator. More  Lots Of Personality: Central Asia's Vanity Projects As Dushanbe seeks to break yet another world record by building a humongous new teahouse, we take a look at eight of the most high-profile "vanity projects" in the Central Asian countries of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan. More  Global Corruption 'Worsening,' But Citizens Prepared To Act The world’s largest public-opinion survey on corruption shows that more than half of respondents believe graft has worsened in their country in the past two years. More |
