KABUL — Taliban militants have violently dispersed a peaceful protest by a group of women demanding "bread, work, and freedom" in Kabul by firing

ASHGABAT — Five Turkmen rights activists say they were attacked on the grounds of the Turkmen Consulate in Istanbul as they tried to hand in a

NUR-SULTAN — Human rights activists in Kazakhstan have slammed a government list of men and women killed during and after anti-government

DUSHANBE — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Tajik authorities to stop the "wrongful detention" of residents of the Central Asian nation's

NUR-SULTAN — The European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) has called on Kazakh authorities to release all political prisoners

BISHKEK — The United States has welcomed a United Nations report saying China may have committed crimes against humanity in its western region of

DUSHANBE — A Tajik activist from the Central Asian nation's restive Gorno-Badakhshan Region (GBAO) has reportedly been arrested in Moscow and may

ASHGABAT — In an apparent move to curb the presence of Turkmen human rights activists in Turkey, Ashgabat has officially asked Ankara to

DUSHANBE — A Tajik blogger from the country's restive Gorno-Badakhshan region has reportedly been arrested in Moscow and may be extradited to

NUR-SULTAN — On September 9, Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kazakhstan have launched two partnership initiatives.

DUSHANBE — A Tajik blogger from the Central Asian nation's restive Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), whom Moscow police "released from

ASHGABAT — Turkey has canceled visa-free travel for Turkmen citizens at the request of the Central Asian nation's government. Turkish President

DUSHANBE — Tajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced retired Major General Kholbash Kholbashov to life in prison for his alleged role in

DUSHANBE — U.S. Embassy Dushanbe’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs section, in cooperation with UN Women, announced the

DUSHANBE — Noted Tajik journalist Abdullo Ghurbati has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison on charges he and his supporters have called

DUSHANBE — The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, raised several

ASTANA — Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on October 14 that Kazakh authorities should not extradite four Karakalpak diaspora activists to

DUSHANBE — Tajik activist Ramzi Vazirbekov has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on charges of calls for the forced change of the

BISHKEK — The European Union should press for transparency and accountability following multiple violent suppressions of protests in Central Asia

BISHKEK — A UN rights envoy, international rights groups, and Western governments have condemned a Kyrgyz court's decision to deport