As Kyrgyzstan’s new regime consolidates power, fresh allegations of corruption by Atambayev loyalists are emerging.
In the developed world, Alzheimer’s disease is a major issue. But the situation in developing countries such as Kazakhstan is less satisfactory. RU
In Kazakhstan, children with special educational needs and disabilities are kept out of sight and out of mind. RU
LGBTQI people remain easy targets in Kyrgyzstan, with nowhere to turn for recourse. But activists are fighting back.
In the aftermath of Kyrgyzstan's 2010 revolution, the country's Uzbek minority population has seen their position worsen — and Uzbek women have been marginalised most of all.
The Central Asian state’s Tian Shan mountain range isn’t just home to shrinking glaciers. It’s also the site of an international mining operation.
China’s attempts to suppress information about Xinjiang open floodgates to scrutiny of its indoctrination policy.
A mix of traditional techniques and new technologies allows the Turkmen regime to follow its citizens’ every move.
In Kazakhstan, persecution of citizens convicted for extremism does not end with a court judgement or sentence. Being blacklisted also threatens an indefinite suspension of your financial rights. RU
New business models are reshaping relations between the non-profit sector and wider society in post-Soviet countries. RU
Kazakhstan’s feminist activists thought it would take 10-15 years for gender inequality issues to be resolved. That was 25 years ago. RU
For the US, Russia and China, Central Asia is a space of competing economic influences.
