Pakistan: No more "business as usual" with United States

29.11.2011 22:24 msk Pakistan Politics

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani talks to CNN's Reza Sayah about the strained relationship with the U.S.

Kazakhstan: Covert terrorist organizations are in place and not inclined to remain idle

24.11.2011 08:15 msk Analytics Kazakhstan

Terrorists increasingly manifest their existence in Kazakhstan . So far they target representatives of the law enforcement and governmental bodies. As reported earlier by Fergana, on the 12th of November, as a result of bloody tragic events in the town of Taraz (formerly Jambul) in the south Kazakhs

Q & A: Dzhavlon Mirzakhodzhayev on Kyrgyz 'justice'

16.11.2011 10:20 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

Dzhavlon Mirzakhodzhayev. Photo by © Ferghana Agency

Russia-Tajikistan: Symmetrical Disgrace

15.11.2011 12:34 msk Politics Russia

The original causes of this story are vague.

In courting Uzbekistan, the United States stoops too low

09.11.2011 12:52 msk Politics Uzbekistan

At an October 22 briefing designed to tout the enhanced relationship between the United States and Uzbekistan ahead of the first visit to the Central Asian country by a U.S. secretary of state in seven years, a senior State Department official was asked whether this strategic partner was still boili

High level experts meeting on Afghanistan upcoming in Dubai

04.11.2011 14:16 msk Afghanistan Politics

An international experts’ meeting to take place in Dubai, the largest city of the United Arab Emirates («Al Bustan Center & Residence Deluxe Apartment» hotel) on November 8-9, 2011: “Afghanistan in 2001-2011: towards sustainable state and society”.

Presidential election in Kyrgyzstan to contribute to regionalism and set the grounds for future opposition

31.10.2011 21:34 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan

It was evident already by midnight of the election day that Almazbek Atambaev was gaining an upper hand. Why did that happen and what does that imply?

VOA video: World's Tallest Flagpole Towers Over Dushanbe

12.10.2011 10:19 msk Tajikistan

Fabric of Abuse: Fashion world snubs fruits of Uzbek child labor

05.10.2011 22:59 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan: Psychologist Maxim Popov freed from jail

01.09.2011 15:08 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Maxim Popov, born in 1982, civil activist, sentenced to seven years in Uzbek jail in 2009. Freed on June 9, 2011.

Uzbekistan: Citizen of Russia Yuri Korepanov released from custody, but cannot leave Uzbekistan

29.08.2011 01:37 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Yuri Korepanov, a citizen of the Russian Federation convicted for 16 years in jail in Uzbekistan, has been released from custody, but he cannot leave for Russia. His documents are not issued.

OSCE PA Takes Up Discussion of Torture and Other Assaults on Human Rights in Its Member States

12.07.2011 10:24 msk Central Asia Human Rights

On July 6-9, parliamentarians from OSCE member states gathered together for the annual conference of its Parliamentary Assembly, which was held in Belgrade. Among several agenda items, some of them strictly dealing with the usual OSCE bureaucratic protocol, the human rights situation in countries of

Kyrgyzstan: Who’s Checking Parliament?

22.06.2011 13:09 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyz parliament moves to block access to Fergana.ru because it «ignites ethnic hatred». A move to ban a popular, independent news outlet in Kyrgyzstan is dredging up bad memories among local rights activists. With the framework of checks and balances on legislative authority still ill-defined,

A Murder in Kyrgyzstan. Is a prominent human rights activist also a cop killer?

12.06.2011 22:33 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

The bust of slain police officer Maktybek Suleimanov in Bazar-Korgon, Kyrgyzstan. Suleimanov was killed during ethnic clashes last June. (Philip Shishkin)

Second violent attack against Memorial employee in Moscow

09.06.2011 13:15 msk Human Rights Russia

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee is deeply distraught to learn of yet another violent attack on human rights activist and employee of Human Rights Center Memorial, Bakhrom Khamroev, in Moscow on Monday June 6th 2011.

Kazakhstan: Don’t Extradite Uzbeks to Torture. Respect International Obligations

07.06.2011 13:15 msk Human Rights Kazakhstan

Kazakh authorities should not extradite 32 detainees to Uzbekistan , where they face a real risk of torture, ACAT-France, Amnesty International, the Association “Human Rights in Central Asia,” Human Rights Watch, and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said today. The 32 men, who ca