RFE/RL CENTRAL ASIA REPORT
22.09.2014
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 . |
 Uzbekistan Bars Exiled Opposition Leader's Wife, Son Uzbek authorities have barred the wife and a son of exiled opposition leader Bahodir Choriev from entering the country. More  Jailed Kazakh Rights Defender On Hunger Strike Jailed Kazakh human rights activist Vadim Kuramshin has started a hunger strike to demand a review of his case. More  Comedy Troupe Too Risque For Uzbek Stage Million is one of the top comedy acts in Uzbekistan, with sold-out performances and thousands of adoring fans. But the authorities have banned the troupe after it failed to clean up its act. More Tajikistan's president says some 200 Tajik nationals have joined Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria. More  '-Stan' At Its End In Kyrgyzstan? The -stan ending has been accused of tarnishing Kyrgyzstan's image, prompting a call for change.More  Interview: Karimova House-Arrest Pics Show 'What Happens Every Day' Locksley Ryan, Gulnara Karimova's London-based spokesman, discusses his recent release of photographs showing the Uzbek president's daughter under house arrest. More A court in Kyrgyzstan opened a new in absentia-trial of former President Kurmanbek Bakiev's son Maksim on September 17. More Karimova Pictured Under 'House Arrest' Gulnara Karimova, an erstwhile globe-trotting fashionista now facing what she calls politically motivated corruption charges, is shown in the photos apparently being hassled by camouflaged security officers outside her home, where she has reportedly been under house arrest. More Police in Kyrgyzstan have thwarted plans for a protest over electricity prices by detaining three organizers. More |
