ASTANA (TCA) — Police in Kazakhstan's capital hunted for people holding blue balloons during Norouz new year celebrations on March 22, following

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Human Rights Watch Central Asia researcher Steve Swerdlow says Turkey has detained two Tajik opposition politicians wanted in

BISHKEK (TCA) — Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have launched a new case against fugitive opposition politician and former presidential candidate

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan have lodged a formal request for Turkey to extradite two Tajik opposition politicians who were

ASTANA (TCA) — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Kazakh authorities to dismiss criminal defamation suits against two

ASTANA (TCA) — Amnesty International has called on authorities in Kazakhstan to halt criminal proceedings against a pregnant woman accused of

ASTANA (TCA) — Dozens of people have been detained by police at rallies in Kazakhstan calling for the release of political prisoners in the

DUSHANBE (TCA) — A Tajik man has been sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison for watching, liking, and sharing videos of a banned Islamic Party’s

TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has freed an opposition and human rights activist after imprisoning him for more than four years in a case that

TASHKENT (TCA) — As Uzbekistan is pursuing economic and political reforms aimed at liberalizing the tightly-controlled country, there are

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Some 50 people gathered outside the Iranian Embassy in Dushanbe on May 21 to protest Tehran's alleged support for the banned

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court has upheld a suspended prison sentence against opposition politician and the country’s former

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court has upheld the convictions of three opposition politicians in a high-profile case but reduced their

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Kyrgyz Prosecutor-General's Office has rejected a request for a retrial of opposition leader Omurbek Tekebaev, who was

BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has upheld a decision to extradite a Kazakh opposition activist to his homeland despite concerns by human

BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan authorities have extradited Kazakh opposition activist and blogger Muratbek Tunghyshbaev to Kazakhstan, despite pleas

TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s journalist Muhammad Bekjon has reunited with his family in the United States more than a year after being released

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Tajik government has accused the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) of being behind an attack that killed

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan have accused the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan of being behind an attack that killed

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan have released the names of five men they say carried out a July 29 attack that left four foreign