In recent years, the countries of Central Asia have experienced some of the fastest growing rates of HIV infection in the world. One of the key populations at risk is men who have sex with men.

In parts of Central Asia, obsolete farm machinery keeps agricultural production low. A look at Kyrgyzstan shows how much.

Police in Uzbekistan have launched a campaign against bad cyclists in an apparent effort to reduce road accidents.

News that several detainees at Guantanamo have gone on hunger strike has refocused attention on the U.S.-run detention facility. RFE/RL looks at the issues surounding the prisoners' actions.

Longtime Uzbek leader Islam Karimov has been conspicuously absent in recent days, fueling rumors that he has suffered a severe heart attack. The speculation has sparked an old debate about who would replace him.

Independent publications providing uncensored, alternative information from Uzbekistan say their efforts are being hampered by a shortage of money.

Uzbekistan's reliance on manual labor to power its billion-dollar cotton industry is well-documented. But there is another player in the Uzbek textile industry that is equally demanding -- and it has a voracious appetite.

A new exhibition set to open on March 4 at the Sotheby’s auction house in London will offer a sale of nearly 50 works of Soviet and contemporary art from Central Asia and the Caucasus. For the artists, it’s an opportunity for exposure and profit. And for Sotheby’s, it’s a chance to find potential new clients among the post-Soviet super rich.

He was accused of beating and robbing a 92-year-old war veteran and his family went on a prime-time TV show to beg forgiveness. But now that the case has stalled, an Uzbek migrant in Russia is speaking out about his arrest and the TV station's treatment of his family.