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31.01.2018 17:59 msk Afghanistan Analytics Business Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Emomali Rahmon is a leader whose political whit served him well: not only is he the President of Tajikistan for the 26th year in a row, but he has also been able to personally enrich himself and his family. Having eliminated most of the checks on his power inside the country, something wholly differ
19.01.2018 17:24 msk Analytics Kazakhstan Politics Religious life
In 2017, from Kazakhstan, there was little news about outbursts of extremist or terrorist activity. Data on the number of people who were charged and imprisoned for committing crimes "against the peace and security of mankind" (under this heading all "extremist" and "terrorist" charges are grouped i
04.01.2018 16:22 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Interview Politics Religious life
One of the main issues on the world agenda of the outgoing year is the fight against the terrorist threat. The success of the international forces in countering the so-called "Islamic State" (the banned terrorist organisation "the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant", ISIL, IS, ISIS in English, or
13.12.2017 09:44 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Religious life Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
There are numerous reports from the northern provinces of Afghanistan about the arrival of well-equipped militants, who do not hide their belonging to the IS terrorist group (the banned terrorist organisation "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant", ISIL, ISIS or IS Eng., "Daesh" Arab.) The Fergana N
29.11.2017 13:29 msk Analytics Human Rights Kazakhstan Politics Religious life
In Western Kazakhstan, religious parents are suing the Ministry of Education: their daughters are not allowed to attend schools because they wear headscarves. Officials, representing a secular state, admit the possibility of a cross-claim - the failure to comply with parental responsibilities. Why i
14.11.2017 23:49 msk Afghanistan Central Asia Politics Religious life Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
In the northern provinces of Afghanistan—Sar-e Pul and Balkh—the positions of the militants of the so-called "Islamic State" (the banned terrorist organisation "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," (ISIL), IS or ISIS in English, Daesh in Arabic) are visibly strengthened.
07.11.2017 18:38 msk Analytics Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
The last Uzbek address of Saipov was Bel-Tepa Street, Shayhantaur district, Tashkent. He had his registration discontinued in 2011, a year after he left for America. Ferghana News journalists and their Moscow colleagues visited the address early in the morning to see if perhaps one of the neighbours
02.11.2017 21:27 msk Analytics Migration Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
On 31 October, a terrorist attack ruined Halloween in New York. A 29-year-old man at the wheel of a rented truck drove at high speed onto a bike path running along the Hudson River, driving several blocks while crushing random passers-by and bicyclists. Then the pickup truck crashed into a school bu
04.10.2017 08:12 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life
Religion has traditionally been a delicate topic for Kyrgyzstan . Even though the overwhelming majority of the Republic’s population identifies as Muslim, no presidential candidate has been in any hurry to touch upon the topic of religion in their election manifestos. Is the political elite ignoring
13.09.2017 16:31 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life
On 12 September, the District Court in Bishkek sentenced journalist Zulpukar Sapanov to four years in prison finding him guilty of "inciting inter-religious hostility". Sapanov wrote and published the "Kydyr sanjyrasy" (literal translation - "Genealogy of the forefather Kydyr") book in which the aut
15.08.2017 23:28 msk Human Rights Kazakhstan Religious life Russia
For the first time in Kazakhstan, the priest of the Orthodox parish is in the court charged with the violation of the law “On Religious Activities and Religious Associations.”
01.06.2017 12:31 msk Analytics Ferghana Valley Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life
For the past seven years, the number of convicts for extremism and terrorism in Kyrgyzstan has tripled. In 2009, according to the State Penitentiary Service (SSC), 51 people were convicted for such crimes, whereas today 185 people including 7 women are serving their sentences. Among this category of
25.05.2017 12:54 msk Analytics Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Migration Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
The recent terror act in the St. Petersburg metro on 3 April, in the organisation of which Russian special services suspect people from Central Asia, exacerbated issues related to migration processes from the countries of this region to Russia. Last week in Moscow, the Sakharov Center jointly with t
15.05.2017 16:58 msk Analytics Ferghana Valley Human Rights Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
Activists of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan (PAU) held a traditional action in the centre of Tashkent at the foot of the ‘Courage’ monument on 13 May to commemorate the hundreds of peaceful Andijan residents, who died during the shooting of the rally 12 years ago. To the surprise of the par
10.05.2017 21:23 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan
The anti-government forces took control of the Qalay-I-Zal district of the Afghan province of Kunduz, located on the border with Tajikistan, world media reported on 7 May. Heavy battles that began shortly after the Taliban had announced the ‘spring offensive’ are going on in the Zebak district, as w
09.05.2017 23:01 msk Ferghana Valley Human Rights Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
On 10 May 2017, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein arrives in Uzbekistan with a two-day visit after a long break. We offered several well-known human rights defenders and experts on the region to comment on this important event and suggest concerns that a high UN
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