DUSHANBE (TCA) — An independent United Nations human rights expert on March 10 voiced concern over the increasing Government restrictions on

ASHGABAT (TCA) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan together with the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under

ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan's petro-authoritarianism is likely to continue to be fuelled by a combination of its large natural gas reserves,

ASHGABAT (TCA) — The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee at the meeting on April 11 considered conclusion of a Partnership and

BISHKEK (TCA) — UN experts have called on Kyrgyzstan to immediately release jailed political activist and journalist Azimjan Askarov, after

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court on April 25 said it is ready to revise its ruling against jailed human rights defender Azimjan

ASHGABAT (TCA) — On May 17, the European Union and Turkmenistan held the eighth round of their Human Rights Dialogue in Brussels.

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Some 90 participants, including government officials and civil society representatives, gathered in Dushanbe on May 30 for a

TASHKENT (TCA) — A new report on global slavery ranks Uzbekistan among the five worst offenders in terms of the number of people forced into

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s Supreme Court sentenced leaders of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) on June 2 to lengthy prison

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The annual forum of the OSCE–Tajikistan Task Force took place on June 8 in Dushanbe, with high-ranking officials from the OSCE

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan said on June 9 that the trial and harsh sentencing of Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan on July 12 ruled that the case of ethnic Uzbek activist Azimjon Askarov should be retried and

BISHKEK (TCA) — A street performance aimed to draw the attention of citizens to illegal migration and trafficking in human beings was held in

ASHGABAT (TCA) — After her talks with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov in Berlin on August 29, Germany’s Chancellor Angela

ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — The second seminar of the OSCE-supported Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) took place on September 10 and 11 in

BISHKEK (TCA) — A Kyrgyz court in Bishkek on January 24 upheld the 2010 guilty verdict and life imprisonment sentence against ethnic Uzbek rights

TASHKENT (TCA) — The International Labor Organization (ILO) says the Government of Uzbekistan is making progress in reforms to address risks of

ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan’s appalling human rights record undermines the possibility of a free and fair presidential election on February 12,

ASTANA (TCA) — Authorities in Kazakhstan are using “increasingly elaborate and aggressive methods to stamp out dissenting voices on the Internet