Far from an isolated success, the accord builds on a 2021 breakthrough between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan that similarly resolved a Soviet-era border impasse through dialogue. Together, these ...

The agreement between Kyrgyz and Tajiks-sealed by the embrace between Žaparov and Rakhmon-affects as much as 1,000 kilometers of border and and comes after discussions and clashes dating back to the ...

Foreign officials who enable the forced return of Uyghurs and other ethnic or religious groups to China face visa ...

Central Asian labor migrants in Russia have been experiencing increased xenophobic harassment, hate speech, and violence ...

Rising Xenophobic Harassment and Violence towards Central Asian Migrants in Russia,” documents that Central Asian migrants, ...

During his inauguration speech at the National Assembly of Azerbaijan in February 2024, President Ilham Aliyev emphasized ...

BISHKEK - Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, two ex-Soviet Central Asian states, said on Friday that they had resolved a decades-old border dispute that had sparked clashes between different ethnic groups ...

The 19th Golden Eagle Festival kicked off in Mongolia on Saturday to promote tourism and ethnic Kazakh culture. A ...

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The People's Republic of China has a Han majority and recognizes 55 other ethnic groups but subject Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and other Muslim minority groups to "abuse and discrimination" in the ...

For example, the prisoner interfered and did not allow her to bathe and threatened abuse with ethnic slurs ... The European Union delegation to the Kyrgyz Republic and other missions representing ...

The subject transition was prompted by a question from Khoa Sands ’26, who inquired about Otunbayeva’s thoughts on increased tensions over the Wakhan Corridor, a territorial strip that hundreds of ...