Central Asia: Labor Migrants Caught in Russian Politicians’ Crosshairs
Murat Sadykov

Kyrgyzstan

Russia

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Scores of men on a forced march under police guard: they are not POWs en route to a labor camp; they are labor migrants in a Moscow suburb – most of them from post-Soviet Central Asian republics.

Turkey: Protests Taking New Shape
Justin Vela

Turkey
Despite smothering government pressure, critics of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are finding new ways...
UN-Backed Plan To Combat Central Asian Desertification Won't Hold Water
Eugen Tomiuc

Central Asia
RFE/RL
When the United Nations considers the problem of desertification, Central Asia is a logical place to focus. The...
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