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Compared to its neighbors, anti-vaccine sentiment hasn’t really taken hold in Azerbaijan. Some are still trying, though.

Some protesters spend most of their pensions traveling daily to picket outside the Chinese consulate.

The Uzbek blogger who first raised these concerns was smeared, beaten, and now faces trial.

A grassroots environmental campaign has implications far beyond the small Kazakh town where it started.

The conscripts, generally Tajikistan’s poorest young men, are brutalized into service. And they are the country’s first line of defense.

Tekebayev says he was warned to stop protesting the results of the election.

The new proposal’s modest scope, and new diplomatic developments, could finally make the pipeline feasible.

Government critics immediately began speculating about a foreign plot, which authorities have ruled out.

An outspoken local deputy says police are trying to shame her into silence, using techniques evocative of the late Islam Karimov’s dictatorship.

Similar systems have been used around the world to encourage vaccinations. But under Georgia’s, you may be better off not being vaccinated at all.

In his first public appearance following his surprise return to the country, arrest, and hunger strike, the ex-president brushed off the charges against him and issued an expansive defense of his time in power.

As hopes for an Afghanistan gas pipeline fade again, there is more upbeat news to the west.

The deal was presented by both Baku and Tehran as proof that their recent political crisis had been overcome.

Both sides have agreed to initiate a joint investigation into a recent police shooting.

The new parliament is dominated by figures loyal to the president.