This week, RFE/RL's Media-Relations Manager Muhammad Tahir moderated a discussion on press freedom in Central Asia: what went right during the last year; and what continues to go wrong.
This week’s Majlis comes from the Connecting Central Asia in the 21st Century conference hosted by Oxford University on April 25.
In the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, herders who raise yaks say the rugged animals are valued for their healthy meat and rich milk, which wards off hunger during long working days.
A court in Kazakhstan has sentenced a former lawmaker from neighboring Kyrgyzstan, Damirbek Asylbek-Uulu, to 10 years in prison on smuggling charges at a hearing that was interrupted by a fight between defendants.
A new incident near a disputed segment of the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has increased tension in the volatile area.
A resident of Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, has persuaded the city authorities to give him land for a rehabilitation center for rescued wild animals. With the help of volunteers, he saves porcupines, raccoons, foxes, and other animals, and then releases them back them into the wild.
The distinct tones of traditional Kyrgyz musical instruments are born in the hands of a master craftsman. In creating a komuz or kyl kiak, Maratbek Berikbaev has been giving life to raw lumps of wood for 30 years.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that the number of measles cases around the world nearly quadrupled during the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year.
Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov is due to hold talks in Berlin on April 15 with Chancellor Angela Merkel amid calls by activists for the German leader to press for improvement in the Central Asian country's human rights situation.
Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov has appointed Mirlan Turgunbekov as chief of the Anti-Terrorism Center of the Central Asian country's National Security Committee.
Iskak Askarov worked in Russia as a builder before returning home to use the money he earned there to set up a sheep farm in his native Kyrgyzstan. He employs a shepherd and gets extra help from family during the busy lambing season.
The traditional Kyrgyz sport of kok-boru, in which horsemen fight to grab a dead goat, is popular and prestigious, and can be lucrative for top riders. But the game can also bring devastating injuries to the players, and deadly ones to their horses.
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