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At least 15 Tajik activists have disappeared in Russia in recent years, as Tajik officials hunt down their critics both at home and abroad. Some of them have reappeared in Tajik prisons, while the whereabouts of others remain unknown.

Police in Uzbekistan's eastern city of Angren have forced dozens of practicing Muslims to shave off their beards, a practice in the Central Asian nation that has been criticized by domestic and international rights organization for years.

The United States is "modernizing" its sanctions policy in the Western Balkans by further targeting corruption, human rights abuses, and acts that threaten democracy in the region, the State Department said.

share Print Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging Kyrgyz authorities to investigate the disappearance of the founder of an education network in the Central Asian country amid concern that he may be forcibly deported to Turkey, where he could be at risk of “mistreatment or torture” and would face arbitrary detention and an unfair trial. Orhan Inandy, a dual Turkish-Kyrgyz citizen identified as Inan in his Turkish documents, is “likely to be persecuted” for his alleged ties to the movement c...

An annual report called the "Over-the-Counter Guide" lists the top things pharmacists recommend for different ailments.

A local lawmaker in Kyrgyzstan’s southern district of Kadamjai has been detained on suspicion of being involved in a large illegal trafficking business.

Police have reportedly detained a popular blogger in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, over his song mocking government's efforts to solve the deadly 2002 hostage-taking incident at Moscow's Dubrovka Theater.

An annual report called the "Over-the-Counter Guide" lists the top things pharmacists recommend for different ailments.

share Print The General Court of the European Union has annulled the bloc’s 2019 decision to extend asset freezes imposed on former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his son Oleksandr over the alleged embezzlement of Ukrainian state funds and assets. The Luxembourg-based court ruled on June 9 that the European Council “failed to demonstrate that the rights of the defense and the right to effective judicial protection were respected in the criminal proceedings” by the Ukrainian aut...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 23rd week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region.