Workers in Kazakhstan have faced pressure for years but continue to fight for their rights and social justice, new reporting by openDemocracy and Kazakhstani independent media Vlast.kz shows
Uzbekistan has been rocked by its largest protest in nearly two decades. What happened – and who’s to blame?
Tajikistan has stepped up its offensive against the Gorno-Badakhshan region. I knew the man at the top of its hitlist
El próximo 18 de julio, Día de Mandela, es un buen momento para redoblar los esfuerzos por la libertad de los activistas de derechos humanos actualmente en prisión en todo el planeta
As NATO-backed pressure mounts on Russia’s troops, so too does the risk from weapons of mass destruction
Small farmers are the world’s primary suppliers of food. It’s imperative we listen to them, not the big corporates
The mothers claim they were first on the streets during the January protests, the largest and most violent in the country’s post-Soviet history
Access to abortion for Turkmen people has been shortened to five weeks. There’s been silence from those who could have stood up for our rights
Thousands of Russians have fled to the Armenian capital of Yerevan. But the war has far bigger implications for the Caucasus than migration
The difference between the silence of ‘official’ Dushanbe and the views found on Tajikistan’s streets could not be starker
With many Central Asian states reliant on cash sent back home from those working abroad in Russia, sanctions are having devastating effects
