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OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — How far stretches the might of war profiteers in the global economy? Further than many people think, and Central Asia’s ex-Soviet republics bordering the world’s staunchest zone of large-scale bloodshed are particularly exposed to it.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Greece should not extradite, deport or otherwise facilitate the return of a Tajik opposition activist to Tajikistan, where he faces possible torture or ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said on October 12. Mirzorakhim Kuzov, a senior leader of outlawed Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), was detained on October 9 by Greek police at passport control in Athens International Airport as he was in transit after attending a human rights conference in Warsaw, Poland.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The raft of reforms under way in Uzbekistan must invest in the promotion and protection of human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, a UN expert has concluded on October 12 at the end of an official visit to the country.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Long lines of cars, trucks, and frustrated travelers on foot stretched back from Kyrgyzstan’s border with Kazakhstan, which officials in Bishkek suspect has restricted movement across the border amid a politically charged dispute ahead of Kyrgyzstan’s presidential election on October 15, RFE/RL reports.
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KABUL (TCA) — Civilian casualties in Afghanistan declined 6 percent during the first nine months of 2017, the United Nations says, as the Kabul government continues to battle militants after nearly 16 years of war, RFE/RL reports.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on October 11 ordered the end of deeply discounted water, gas, and electricity for Turkmen citizens in a decree prompted by falling energy prices and sales that have depleted government revenues, RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service reports.
