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A draft constitution is causing anger in the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan, whose rights have been diminished by the changes.

Officials suspect a newly published paper on the 14th century plague is a plot to kill the country's tourism industry.

Religious mores, politics and the coronavirus have cast a shadow over one of the few Kyrgyz products China buys.

The criminal underworld reaches across generations.

Beishenaliyev enjoys a close relationship with the president.

Researchers used a jointly manufactured Chinese-Uzbek vaccine in their experiments.

Tashkent’s vaccination campaign is getting a shot in the arm.

Victims of crime say they are not properly treated by police.

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

Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing: Berdymukhamedov goes traveling and lectures the WHO, while YouTube bows to Turkmen censors and takes down Eurasianet’s channel.

There has been a surge in the number of Pakistanis visiting for tourism.

Central Asia’s largest nations are using unique coronavirus vaccines that haven’t been carefully studied. Do they have a choice?

That Central Asia's presidents seemed to enjoy themselves together was itself a breakthrough. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

Cases are rising rapidly and vaccines – for those who want them – are hard to find.