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Hellish Work: Tobacco Workers in Kazakhstan
With Jane Buchanan, senior researcher in the Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch. ...
Regions: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Issues: Corporations and human rights, Labor, Slavery & forced labor
EBRD - lost in transition
Bankwatch expects a largely business as usual approach from the EBRD on Monday, November 2, when it publishes its 2009 Transition Report, accompanied by rhetoric about learning lessons from the econom...
Regions: Central Asia, Eastern Europe
Issues: Corporations and human rights, Environment, Sustainable development
Central Asia's second-largest lake under threat - 23 Aug 09
It is Central Asia's second largest lake and home to more than three million people, but Kazakhstan's Lake Balkash is under threat. ...
Regions: China, Kazakhstan
Issues: Environment, Sustainable development, Water
Kyrgyzstan - Pioneers of Harm Reduction
The Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia is situated on a drug trafficking route....
Regions: Kyrgyzstan
Issues: Drugs & human rights
China's 'Go West' policy fuels ethnic tensions - 09 Jul 09
China's government has blamed the unrest in Xinjiang on foreign forces attempting to split the country. ...
Regions: Central Asia, China
Issues: Discrimination, Freedom of opinion & expression, Minorities
Fear on Urumqi's streets - 09 Jul 09
Four days after deadly riots hit the Chinese city of Urumqi, tensions remain high between the Uighur and the Han Chinese communities. ...
Regions: Central Asia, China
Issues: Discrimination, Freedom of opinion & expression, Minorities
Martial law in Xinjiang as ethnic tensions flare - 09 July 09
Troops have flooded China's western Xinjiang region to enforce a curfew after days of heightened tensions between ethnic Uighurs and Han Chinese in the capital, Urumqi. ...
Regions: Central Asia, China
Issues: Discrimination, Freedom of opinion & expression, Minorities
China's changing approach to reporting Xinjiang - 08 Jul 09
China's decision to allow foreign media access to the riot-hit city of Urumqi is, in itself, an unusual situation. ...
Regions: Central Asia, China
Issues: Discrimination, Freedom of opinion & expression, Minorities
Exiled Uighur leader speaks out - 08 Jul 09
Chinese officials have accused an exiled Uighur leader of being behind the unrest in China's Xinjiang province. ...
Regions: Central Asia, China
Issues: Discrimination, Freedom of opinion & expression, Minorities
Exiled Uighur leader accused of stirring unrest - 07 Jul 09
The Chinese government has accused Rebiya Kadeer, an exiled Uighur leader, of calling for an uprising. ...