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Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 06:11
A leading human rights group has criticized Kazakhstan for failing to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people from violence, discrimination, and abuse.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 06:25
The United States should "seriously consider" providing Ukraine with lethal weapons and putting U.S. air strike controllers near combat areas in Iraq, a top general said July 21.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 06:24
This has prompted great concern among the governments of Central Asia, particularly those directly bordering Afghanistan, and their unease increases with the knowledge that militants from Central Asia's domestic terrorist group.
Monday, July 20, 2015 - 05:56
Kyrgyz authorities say that alleged militants killed and detained in Bishkek on July 16 were members of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group receiving support from Syria.
Monday, July 20, 2015 - 05:55
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Georgia’s capital on July 18 to protest what they call Russia’s "occupation" of the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 06:04
Armenia has made publics parts of the proposed constitutional changes that would transform the current national political system into a parliamentarian form of government.
Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 06:03
Amnesty International has launched a petition drive calling on EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to take “all the necessary steps to ensure an end to abhorrent use of torture and abuse in Uzbekistan.”
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 06:08
Jailed Azerbaijani human rights advocates Leyla and Arif Yunus will go on trial on July 27, a judge said at a preliminary hearing nearly a year after their arrest on what the ailing couple and their supporters say are politically motivated charges.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 06:06
Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Ministry has officially protested to the U.S. State Department over the latter's decision to honor jailed Kyrgyz human rights defender Azimjan Askarov with a prestigious award.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 05:35
Forty-five foreigners have been arrested in Turkey after allegedly trying to enter Syria illegally to join the Islamic State (IS) militant group, Turkish media said.