BISHKEK (TCA) — Another leader of Kyrgyzstan's opposition Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party has been charged with corruption, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service

BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Bishkek on April 17 sentenced several Kyrgyzstan opposition members to prison terms varying from four to 20 years for

ASTANA (TCA) — The armed opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on May 3 that it was suspending its participation in peace talks in

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s authorities have launched an "unrelenting assault" against lawyers, particularly those defending government

ALMATY (TCA) — A court in Kazakhstan has sentenced fugitive tycoon and opposition figure Mukhtar Ablyazov to 20 years in prison after an

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The town of Vahdat, some 25 kilometers east of Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, on June 27 hosted official celebratory events

DUSHANBE (TCA) — This week Tajikistan marked the 20th anniversary of the end of the country’s civil war between the government and Islamic

DUSHANBE (TCA) — After authorities in Tajikistan banned the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan in 2015, hundreds of Tajik opposition members

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Human Rights Watch and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee say that Tajikistan authorities have detained, interrogated, and

BISHKEK (TCA) — Supporters of jailed opposition Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party leader Omurbek Tekebaev, who is being tried on charges of

ALMATY (TCA) — A court in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, has sentenced a former opposition group leader to two years of restricted freedom,

BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Bishkek has sentenced former member of Kyrgyzstan’s parliament Sadyr Japarov to 11.5 years in a high-security prison

BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced five leaders and activists of the People's Parliament opposition movement to lengthy prison

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan has accused Iran of backing high-profile killings during the Tajik civil war in the 1990s, including the

BISHKEK (TCA) — The state prosecutor in the bribery trial of Kyrgyzstan opposition party leader Omurbek Tekebaev has recommended a 10-year prison

BISHKEK (TCA) — Late on August 16, a court in Bishkek found Kyrgyzstan’s opposition leader Omurbek Tekebaev and former Emergency Situations

BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has ordered the closure of the private TV channel Sentyabr (September) after ruling that it broadcast

ALMATY (TCA) — Kazakh authorities are targeting opposition activism and those few independent media outlets remaining in the country, and power

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s State National Security Committee on September 30 detained opposition parliament member Kanatbek Isayev on

BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has handed a five-year prison term to former Prosecutor-General Aida Salyanova, who is now an opposition