Central Asian governments have long been aware that some of their nationals went to join extremist groups in Iraq and Syria. With Islamic State losing ground, the increasingly pressing question is what to do with these nationals should they seek to return.
The European Commission has adopted a new Central Asia strategy with the aim of creating what it calls "a stronger, modern, and nonexclusive partnership" with former Soviet republics in Central Asia that are "willing and able" to improve relations.
Students and lecturers are being pushed by the Tajik state to serve as online "trolls," according to personal testimonials and documents obtained by RFE/RL.
The Pamir Mountains of northern Tajikistan are sometimes known as "the roof of the world." Isolated by the rugged terrain, the Pamiri people who live there have preserved some of the Zoroastrian traditions that preceded the advent of Islam.
This week, RFE/RL's Media-Relations Manager Muhammad Tahir moderated a discussion on press freedom in Central Asia: what went right during the last year; and what continues to go wrong.
Foreign diplomats have called on Tajikistan's authorities to allow open access to the Internet across the Central Asian country.
Conservationists have captured images of a striped hyena in Tajikistan. It's a rare sighting of a species at risk of extinction.
Tajikistan has repatriated 84 minors from Iraq, where their Tajik mothers have been imprisoned under charges of belonging to the extremist group Islamic state (IS) or are awaiting trial.
Relatives of a spokesman for Tajikistan’s border service say that he was arrested earlier this month, confirming media reports that he was detained, but that they do not know where he is.
Members of China's Uyghur Muslim population continue to be subject to "egregious abuses" but the government in Beijing has faced few, if any, consequences, a bipartisan U.S. federal commission says in its 2019 annual report on religious freedom worldwide.
This week’s Majlis comes from the Connecting Central Asia in the 21st Century conference hosted by Oxford University on April 25.
A Tajik Imam once jailed as an “extremist” is now urging people to “follow the leaders of the country” and avoid using the Internet.
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