RFE/RL Central Asia Report 19.08.2013 A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the five countries of Central Asia.For more stories on Central Asia, please visit and bookmark our Central Asia page. |
 Hearing Resumes For Kazakh Lawyer Forced Into Psychiatric HospitalHearings have resumed into whether a Kazakh lawyer was legally admitted into a psychiatric hospital.More  Shooting Won't Affect Local Kyrgyz Election ResultsA top Kyrgyz election official says the results of August 18 voting in the southern town of Kara-Suu will not be annulled due to the shooting that broke out between members of two political parties.More  Exiled Uzbek Activist's Father JailedA court in Uzbekistan's southern city of Qarshi has imposed a 5 1/2-year prison sentence on the father of prominent opposition activist Bahodir Choriev.More  Kyrgyz Experts Say Ukrainian Candy SafeKyrgyz food quality experts say Ukrainian chocolate that has been banned in Russia is safe for consumption.More  Closing The Book On Turkmenbashi's 'Rukhnama'In recent years, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has been slowly closing the book on the legacy of his predecessor Saparmurat Niyazov. Now it seems that his widely published tome of spiritual and moral guidance, "Rukhnama," which has been translated into 40 languages, will not make it onto this year's public-school curriculum.More  Remembering When Right Was Right And Left Was WrongFor generations, left-handed children in the Soviet Union and elsewhere were frowned upon. Today, as the world marks International Left Handers Day, psychologists say "lefties" should be celebrated, not shunned.More |