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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on July 11 signed a law that bars people without previous government experience from running for the country’s president. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — This week Tajikistan marked the 20th anniversary of the end of the country’s civil war between the government and Islamic opposition in the 1990s. During these 20 years, Tajik President Rahmon has banned the country’s Islamic Renaissance Party, practically eliminated any dissent, consolidated his grip on power, and built a cult of his personality. It is certainly not what the country expected 20 years ago. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Media reports in Uzbekistan say Rustam Azimov, an influential official who had been seen as a possible successor to the late President Islam Karimov, has been dismissed from the post of deputy prime minister, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — As the new president of Uzbekistan is trying to consolidate his power by eliminating his old and potential rivals, we are republishing this article, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s lawmakers have given preliminary approval to controversial bills that would ban independent candidates from running in presidential elections and enable the authorities to strip "terrorists" of Kazakh citizenship, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — State-run media in Turkmenistan reported on March 21 that Serdar Berdymukhammedov, the only son of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, has become the chairman of the parliament's legal affairs committee, RFE/RL reports. Continue reading
