An interview with Farid Tukhbatulin Following immense international pressure, Turkmen satirist Farid TUKHBATULIN was granted amnesty from three years in … More
Category: Central Asia*
Diary: After the Dictator
by Farid TUKHBATULLIN (2007) The inauguration of the new president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, on 14 February this year excited the world … More
Tajikistan “talks the talk” on the death penalty
Tajikistan has had some important dates for its diary since it supported the US-led coalition fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan … More
Closed Terrain (2006)
Turkmenistan has been called the Zimbabwe of Central Asia: it is a potentially rich, small country with a very poor … More
“Third Term-itis” in Tashkent
Those tired of Tony Blair’s Long Goodbye should feel sorry for Uzbekistan. President Islam Karimov’s second term of office ended … More
Tajikistan: Deadly Secrets (2002)
Official secrecy surrounds the death penalty in Tajikistan. The picture that Amnesty International has been able to build is incomplete, … More
Uzbekistan in pursuit of refugees (2005)
The events in the eastern city of Andizhan of 12-13 May 2005, resulting in the killing of hundreds of people, … More
Statelessness in Central Asia (2011)
This 74-page study was part a project which culminated in a Regional Conference on “Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and … More
Reports and articles, 1991-2013
“Amnesty group arrives on unprecedented Soviet tour”, UPI 22 March 1989 “Tajikistan: Amnesty Report Attacks Cruel, Random Use Of Death … More
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