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IWPR holds regular trainings for students and journalists from across Central Asia, with their materials published in Russian and national languages on the analytical platform CABAR.asia and in English for international readers on iwpr.net . Articles by IWPR reporters cover current events andsignificant trends that affect the lives of people in the whole Central Asian region.

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) residents say the Internet shutdown has worsened living, learning and business conditions.
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28.02.22
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The phrase “your child may have Down syndrome” causes mental block in every parent with this problem. Often doctors in maternity homes suggest leaving the child and mothers agree to. This is all done because of a number of myths around this syndrome, the key one of which is inability to speak, read and write.  (more…)

Kazakhstan continues to investigate the reasons for January clashes. Citizens report illegal detentions and torture on social media. (more…)

21.02.22
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Culture in Uzbekistan is strictly supervised by the state, so unpopular genres of music – techno, underground and more – have a difficult time. (more…)

18.02.22
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In early 2022, President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev started to change the personnel policy in Kazakhstan. According to experts, the rate of political system transformation in Kazakhstan will remain high until the end of this year. Or maybe until the end of the second presidential term.

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Low salaries and lack of social benefits cause an outflow of school teachers from Tajikistan – it is a matter of deep concern in society.

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15.02.22
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The fact that the power succession in Turkmenistan has been chosen a long time ago is not a secret. Incumbent President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has been carefully preparing the substitute for himself, namely his son Serdar Berdymukhamedov, and the transition of power has been the matter of time. Now the time has come.
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In Kyrgyzstan, a two-year-old child was hospitalised after beating. This complicated case has shocked the whole country. While the police are investigating the case, the public wonders why preventive measures against violence against children have had no impact so far.  (more…)

Experts emphasise the bad trend in terms of mass attacks on the media and the freedom of speech in Kyrgyzstan.

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09.02.22
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For 30 years, Nursultan Nazarbayev has been deemed the eternal leader of Kazakhstan. The first president, founder of the Kazakhstan sovereignty, yelbasy – this is not the full list of all his titles he has received for all the years. But just in a few weeks of January 2022, the significance of his personality faded much.

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03.02.22
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