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 ...

The Ferghana Valley has been the most restive area in Central Asia since the five Central Asian states became independent ...

Given long-standing xenophobia in Russian society, migrants from Central Asia and other people of non-Slavic appearance have never had an easy time of things. However, the past year has been ...

Central Asian migrants in Russia have met with increased ... The attack left more than 140 people dead and more than 550 injured in what was the worst such attack in Russia in years.