Central Asia
Kazakhstan: Former Minister of Economy Beat His Wife to Death, It Reignited the Country’s Ongoing Fight Against Femicide
This a heartbreaking story that has hit a nerve in Kazakhstani society reminding women that the fight for harsher domestic violence sentences is of utmost importance in a country with the lack of protection of women’s rights.
16 November 2023
Leila Mekhdi
Living In the Limelight: Can Central Asia Sustain Surge of Newfound Diplomatic Activity Without Russia?
14 November 2023
Chris Rickleton, RFE/RL
Central Asia
Tajikistan: Migrants Trapped Between Currency Depreciation and Harassment
10 November 2023
Central Asia
Saiga Steaks: Kazakhstan to Cull Thousands of Once-Endangered Antelope as Numbers Rebound
7 November 2023
Farangis Najibullah, RFE/RL
Central Asia
“In my life, nothing has worked out as easily as painting artworks and selling them”—Story of Aziya, a Kyrgyz-Kazakh Artist in Prague
6 November 2023
Leila Mekhdi
Central Asia
Ambitious China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Project Faces Major Funding Challenges
1 November 2023
Bakyt Torogeldi, Baktygul Chynybaeva, RFE.RL
Central Asia
Assel Baimukanova is Saving the Caspian Seals in the Age of Climate Change
31 October 2023
Leila Mekhdi
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Central Asia
Jana Cekara Film Festival in Almaty Goes Online Due to Pressure from the Kazakh Government
15 September 2023
Leila Mekhdi
Central Asia
How Kazakhstan Is Reviving the Aral Sea that the Soviet Union Destroyed
12 September 2023
Leila Mekhdi
Central Asia
Kazakhstan’s Battle Against Bride Kidnapping and Gender Inequality
6 September 2023
Leila Mekhdi
