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Few defendants appear able to get legal representation.

The pressure comes months after a crackdown in the Pamirs against followers of the Europe-based religious leader.

The five presidents could not seal a friendship deal or agree on which challenges face their region.

The gathering had been intended to create regional solidarity in the face of overbearing pressure from China, Russia.

Government explanations are hard to believe, and do not hide the poverty and abuse fueling unrest.

Georgians and Russians have not had such close contact, and on such a scale, since the breakup of Soviet Union. Now they are figuring each other out again.

At the alliance’s summit in Madrid enlargement was a top agenda item, but Georgia’s accession prospects remain unclear.

The visit came shortly after the top U.S. general in the region dropped by.

Shortly after Tokayev publicly dismissed Putin’s claims on Ukraine, Russian attack dogs again challenged Kazakh sovereignty.

The barrage of negative coverage mirrors what happened to a former Kyrgyz president just before his ouster.

Taking part in foreign conflicts can be punished by up to eight years in prison.

Officials insist only armed men have been killed, but chatter on social media describes at least some of the fatalities as civilians.

Khorog has reportedly been encircled by government troops and internet connections have been suspended.

Long out of office, in prison and in ill health, Georgia’s ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili is still dominating headlines and vexing the government.

Many outsiders have been calling on Georgia to take advantage of Russian weakness to reclaim its lost territories. But Georgians themselves aren’t having it.