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Friday, September 26, 2014 - 11:27
Lawyers of Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus say that their client has been beaten in pretrial detention.
Monday, September 22, 2014 - 06:37
Jailed Kazakh human rights activist Vadim Kuramshin has started a hunger strike to demand a review of his case.
Monday, September 22, 2014 - 06:35
Uzbek authorities have barred the wife and a son of exiled opposition leader Bahodir Choriev from entering the country.
Friday, September 19, 2014 - 07:11
Tajikistan's president says some 200 Tajik nationals have joined Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 06:45
The president of Turkmenistan has met with the defense chief of Iran, the officially neutral Central Asian nation's southern neighbor.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 - 07:23
The United States says it has raised concerns with Azerbaijan about Said Nuri, a U.S. citizen of Azerbaijani origin who was deported by authorities in Baku after what he called days of "intimidation and harassment."
Monday, September 15, 2014 - 06:45
A court in Russia's Far East has convicted three Tajik nationals of membership in a "terrorist" group.
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 06:07
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has backed a cease-fire deal agreed for eastern Ukraine last week and called for talks to continue until the conflict is resolved.
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 06:06
A U.S. citizen of Azerbaijani origin, Said Nuri, has been deported from Azerbaijan after what he called days of intimidation and harassment.
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 06:05
"They have good living conditions and money to buy food and clothes. They drive brand-new Toyotas… And they only think about war." That's how Mukhambetkali Danikhanov describes the life of Kazakhs fighting alongside foreign jihadists in Iraq.