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The persecution of Kamil Ruziyev drew attention to the impunity enjoyed by law enforcement.

Rodney Dixon, lawyer for victims of Chinese repression in Xinjiang, speaks with Eurasianet about seeking justice at the International Criminal Court and how Central Asian countries are vulnerable.

Few defendants appear able to get legal representation.

Several of the tunnels start near a vast bazaar in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Residents of the hub are being lured through generous tax incentives.

Tashkent sees the link as part of a transcontinental route bypassing Russia.

Both have long-duration electricity supply agreements signed before the Taliban returned to power.

Central Asia sees its economic future in China, not Russia.

Law enforcement sources have said Dzhumagulov might have been plotting to wrest power from gangland leader Kamchybek Kolbayev.

The Taliban have begun a PR blitz against the Islamic State, which has challenged the new Afghan government’s promise to bring peace to the country and its borders.

The cause of the problem may lie in Russians hoovering up all the available greenbacks.

After seizing the country’s most profitable mine, Kyrgyzstan is using new regulations to drive out more private mining companies and place the bulk of the industry into the hands of a single state firm.

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

What awaits the returnees remains a mystery, however.

Many of the city's familiar landmarks have fallen as authorities scrub reminders of the Soviet past.