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BISHKEK (TCA) — Some sixty journalists on April 22 completed a series of OSCE-supported training courses in Osh and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on challenges related to reporting on religious beliefs and violent extremism. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Some lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan have proposed to force employers in the predominantly Muslim, but officially secular, country to allow employees extended lunch breaks to attend Friday prayers, the main worship service for Muslims, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan will install security cameras and metal detectors in all mosques in the country’s capital, Dushanbe, the office of the city mayor said on March 29. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Representatives from Central Asian countries, observer states, regional and international organizations, as well as relevant experts, counter-terrorism practitioners, and civil society from across the region will gather in Almaty, Kazakhstan, between March 29 and 31 to discuss the worldwide growing trend of radicalization and its realities in the region, said the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), based in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — An independent United Nations human rights expert on March 10 voiced concern over the increasing Government restrictions on opposition parties, civil society and the media over the past year in Tajikistan. Continue reading
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — A growing number of commentators and other observers, both in the west and in the former USSR, are casting doubt on the distinction between “radicals” and “moderates” among “Muslim activists” both in Syria and the world outside it. If there is one place in the world that shows how justified such suspicions are to some extent, it must be Central Asia. Continue reading
