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Basic rights are regularly trampled in Turkmenistan, but international organizations do little to address them in earnest.

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan opposed discussion of Xinjiang at the UN Human Rights Council.

Most visitors to the Instagram account are aware it is not a news website.

It sounded like Xi Jinping was warning Putin against any adventures in Central Asia.

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.

Beishenaliyev says he has been set up by vindictive prosecutors.

Out-of-touch elites, poor planning, and some signs of progress in regional trade. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Tashkent has also announced it will not return Afghan aircraft flown by pilots fleeing the Taliban last summer.

Turkmenistan's new president is continuing his father's traditions: Building white elephants, censoring the internet, and booting people out of their homes.

Beishenaliyev enjoys a close relationship with the president.

The president-in-waiting plans to change nothing. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The demonstration, which city hall allowed, passed peacefully.

In our weekly briefing: The Taliban visit Ashgabat, the dauphin is received by Uzbekistan’s president, and authorities tighten control after unrest in neighboring Kazakhstan.

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.