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

KHORUGH, Tajikistan — A noted religious cleric in Tajikistan's restive Gorno-Badakhshan Region (GBAO) has been sentenced to five years in prison

DUSHANBE — Tajik prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for retired Major General Kholbash Kholbashov for his alleged role in organizing deadly

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

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Zhanbolat Mamai, the jailed leader of the unregistered opposition Democratic Party of Kazakhstan, says an attack is being

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

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

DUSHANBE — Russia's Supreme Court has banned the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), officially recognizing it as a terrorist

NUR-SULTAN — Kazakh opposition politician Zhasaral Quanyshalin has announced his decision to take part in the country's next presidential

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

BISHKEK — Police in Kyrgyzstan on October 23 detained 22 Kyrgyz civil activists and opposition politicians over their objection to a draft

BISHKEK — Protesters gathered in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on October 24 to demand the release of politicians and activists accused of

BISHKEK — A court in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, has sent to pretrial detention for two months 20 politicians and activists accused of

DUSHANBE — Oraz Vazirbekov, a Tajik activist, has been sentenced by a court in Dushanbe to 16 years in prison for extremism and calls on social

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 Bishkek City Court has rejected appeals by several more Kyrgyz politicians and activists against their two-month pretrial detention

DUSHANBE — A well-known activist and an ex-commander were among five defendants given life sentences by the Tajik Supreme Court on November 23

TASHKENT — The trial of 22 people accused of undermining Uzbekistan's constitutional order by taking part in unprecedented anti-government

DUSHANBE — Russian authorities have extradited a nephew of Tolib Ayombekov, the jailed informal leader of Tajikistan's volatile Gorno-Badakhshan