Kyrgyzstan: Thin-skinned authorities hauling in commentators for questioning Journalists and Facebook users are being regularly summoned by law enforcement authorities. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Aug 21, 2020
Uzbekistan mulls public assembly law, but with major restrictions Organizers will have to give two weeks notice. Aug 20, 2020
Abkhazia calls for volunteers to help with COVID outbreak Many in the territory blame the rising numbers of coronavirus cases on the authorities’ decision to open up to Russian tourists. Joshua Kucera Aug 19, 2020
Uzbekistan pledges to give hopeful migrant laborers loans Applicants will be eligible for two-year $1,000 loans. Aug 19, 2020
Tajikistan: With elections come repressions Votes are now routinely preceded by waves of arrests. Aug 18, 2020
Uzbekistan aims for greater transparency in its prisons The country's prisons hold 22,900 inmates. Aug 18, 2020
Turkmen activists in New York stage rare protest Between the unacknowledged pandemic and economic devastation, protestors said the situation at home is so dire that inaction seems worse than government reprisals. Aseem Shukla Aug 17, 2020
Kazakhstan: Troubled Nazarbayev grandson dies aged 29 Nazarbayev’s online outbursts showed that a ruling family is not always a happy one. Aug 17, 2020
Aliyev airs grievances to Putin over arms shipments to Armenia The rare rebuke comes as Turkish support for Azerbaijan has been unusually vocal, and Russia’s position in the conflict conspicuously passive. Joshua Kucera Aug 13, 2020
Uzbekistan’s attempt to arrest journalist elicits concern Abdullayev has previously been convicted on charges of sedition. Aug 13, 2020
