BISHKEK (TCA) — The Issyk-Kul event on June 11-16, organized by the UNDP GEF SGP in Kyrgyzstan, the ICCA Consortium and CENESTA (Iran), will be held in Kyrgyzstan to share knowledge and enhance capacities among key regional actors about how to promote and strengthen appropriate recognition of Indigenous peoples’ and community conserved territories and areas (ICCAs) and appropriate support to them to enhance their effectiveness in the region, the ICCA Consortium said.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — A Turkmen court sentenced 18 men to up to 25 years in prison on February 8, 2017, in what appears to be a purge of people associated with Turkish schools believed to have been previously affiliated with the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen, Human Rights Watch said on June 9. In a statement published on June 9, seven organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, called on the Turkmen government to ensure that the men are released and their sentenced quashed.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry is probing alleged bullying of foreign students by local youths at the University of Central Asia (UCA) in the city of Naryn, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — India and Pakistan have become full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), after the presidents of the SCO member states — China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan — signed a document granting India and Pakistan membership at the SCO summit in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on June 9.

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ASTANA (TCA) — On June 8, during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Kazakhstan, the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) and Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) announced the signing of a Shareholders’ Agreement to become primary shareholders of AIFC Exchange.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is taking an active part in events during Expo-2017 in Astana in Kazakhstan, the theme of which will be “Future Energy”. The major international forum will open on June 10.

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