Ferghana.Ru, Tashkent, 20 Jan 2009 – A group of Uzbek opposition activists presenting themselves as “representatives…
Category: Orta Asiya
Kyrgyzstan: Propaganda of unorthodox religious organizations banned
Ferghana.Ru, Bishkek, 19 Jan 2009 – President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev defied the United States and…
Call for the release of Kazakh journalist arrested in secrecy case
OSCE, Vienna, 14 Jan 2009 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti,…
Kazakh Newspaper Editor Continues Hunger Strike
RFE/RL, Almaty, 13 Jan 2009 – Ramazan Esergepov, editor in chief of the “Alma-Ata Info” newspaper,…
Another RFE/RL Correspondent In Turkmenistan Facing Harassment
RFE/RL, Ashgabat, 09 Jan 2008 – Osman Hallyev, a longtime correspondent for RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service, says he…
Personal blog of prime minister of Kazakhstan kicked off on governmental site
Kazakhstan Today, Astana, 09 Jan 2009 – On the governmental site of the Republic of Kazakhstan…
RFE/RL Freelance Correspondent Beaten in Tajikistan
Trend, Kulob, 08 Jan 2008 – An independent journalist in Tajikistan’s southern city of Kulob was…
Kazakhstan to Restore a Mosque in Cairo
Kazakhstan Today, Astana, 06 Jan 2009 – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed draft of the…
Turkmen minister of communication severely reprimanded
Turkmenistan.ru, Ashgabat, 03 Jan 2009 – Turkmen minister of communication Resulberdi Hojagurbanow has been severely reprimanded…
Redenominated Manat launched in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan.ru, Ashgabat, 02 Jan 2009 – A series of banknotes and coins of newly redenominated national…
Kazakhstan: Reporter for opposition newspaper stabbed
CPJ, New York, 30 Dec 2008 – Kazakh authorities must launch a thorough investigation into the…