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Journalists from Tajikistan played vital roles for many foreign news agencies.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has promised a new democratic order following unrest in January. But promises of reform come cheap in Kazakhstan.

A look back at how Osh celebrated the Islamic holy month, which ended with 13,000 men praying on the city's main square this morning.

The bird’s cultural significance may have aided its rapid dispersal.

Around 3,000 items of unique cultural value may have been stolen from 14 museums.

Over 1,000 people are awaiting trial related to the unrest. Many were simply onlookers injured in the crossfire. They are now navigating a criminal justice system weighted firmly against them.

Tokayev says he is going to make it easier for more political parties to get registered.

Satybaldy appears to have been linked to the unrest in January.

Masimov was a long-time close associate of former President Nazarbayev.

Human Rights Watch argues that the government’s responses to January events fall short.

The call is a clear shot across the bow of former president Nazarbayev's family.

Investigators have accused a banned political group of also fomenting violence.

Nazarbayev was everywhere, but never mentioned by name.

The Ministry of Culture issued a new statement responding to international criticism of an earlier announcement that it intended to “remove” Armenian “forgeries” from churches on its territory.

The minister of culture said that a working group will be set up to identify what he called “Armenian forgery” from churches, putting into practice a pseudoscientific theory that denies the churches’ Armenian origin.