The Azerbaijan Airlines flight had been traveling from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia on Dec. 25 Dozens have died after a passenger plane crashed on Christmas Day. According to the ...

Kazakhstan’s Senate adopted two rights-violating laws on December 18, both of them threatening freedom of expression.

The issue of domestic violence is under the spotlight in the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan, as the trial of a former government minister accused of murdering his wife draws to a close. In ...

(Berlin, November 11, 2025) – Lawmakers in Kazakhstan should reject a draft law with amendments that would ban “propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation,” seven international human rights ...

The need for a thorough, evidenced-based understanding of Central Asia’s past is rising, given Russia’s tendency to try to reinvent history as it continues to harbor imperial geopolitical ambitions.

Beyond flagship projects, Axworthy emphasized that the UK is placing growing emphasis on supporting small and medium-sized ...

Kazakhstan -- scarred by Soviet nuclear testing -- is voting on building its first nuclear plant - Copyright AFP GREG BAKER Kazakhstan -- scarred by Soviet nuclear ...

Silencing minorities is never the way forward. Kazakhstan must remember its human rights commitments and immediately drop the legal changes. In addition, the conflation in the proposed legal ...

In Kazakhstan, people have been mesmerized by the country's first ever live-streamed trial. It's the trial of a former government minister who was accused of murdering his wife. The case has ...