With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian authorities have been increasingly targetting Central Asian migrants for military recruitment. Russian authorities often use arbitrary detention ...

We also heard Dastan Kasmamytov, a gay activist from Kyrgyzstan, talk about his campaign to increase the visibility of queer people in Central Asia by raising a rainbow flag on the world’s ...

Central Asian countries have generously sheltered thousands of people fleeing war, persecution, or human rights violations. UNHCR established offices in Central Asia in response to the 1992-93 civil ...

A Central Asian Soviet-era pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean Brass Bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.

The Europe and Central Asia region experiences a variety of natural hazards ... affecting nearly 25 million people, and resulting in over US$80 billion in damage. Over time, close to 30 percent of the ...