KABUL — Several dozen women's rights activists have protested a Taliban order making it mandatory for women to wear the all-covering burqa,

KABUL — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) have expressed their "strongest opposition" and "deplored" the Taliban-led government in

ASHGABAT — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says jailed Turkmen journalist Nurgeldy Halykov is facing retaliation in prison following

KABUL — Foreign ministers of 15 countries in a statement expressed their “deep” concerns over restrictions on girls’ access to education in

DUSHANBE — Strengthening co-operation among human rights and women’s organizations providing support services to survivors of gender-based

KABUL — The UN Security Council has called on Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government to reverse policies restricting the human rights of women and

DUSHANBE — A noted Tajik rights defender who was sentenced to nine years in prison in October 2021 on fraud charges that he has rejected has been

KABUL — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the international community to impose tougher restrictions on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers in

NUR-SULTAN — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded Kazakh authorities release opposition figure Zhanbolat Mamai, who faces up to 10 years in

DUSHANBE — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded Tajik officials immediately release two independent bloggers arrested last week and drop "bogus

ASHGABAT — A group of Turkmen nationals residing in Turkey have filed a lawsuit against former Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and

TASHKENT — UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet and the United States have called for an independent investigation into the deaths of at least 18

DUSHANBE — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Tajikistan to fully disclose information on the whereabouts of two detained

KABUL — A "suffocating" Taliban crackdown on human rights is destroying the lives of Afghan women and girls, Amnesty International has warned,

DUSHANBE — Relatives of two Tajik activists who have resided in Russia for years and are Russian citizens say they were forcibly taken to

DUSHANBE — Another native of Tajikistan's restive Gorno-Badakhshan Region (GBAO) has reportedly gone missing in Moscow and may have forcibly been

BISHKEK — A human rights group in Kyrgyzstan has urged the Central Asian nation's authorities to drop a "bogus" forgery charge against human

KABUL — A humanitarian group says that one year into the return to power of the Taliban, Afghan girls have been confronted with a grave economic

KABUL — The unrecognized Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have imposed severe restrictions on human and civil rights in the year since they

KARAKOL, Kyrgyzstan — A Kyrgyz court has acquitted well-known rights activist Kamiljan Ruziev on fraud and forgery charges in a high-profile case