U.S. State Department (America.gov): Serious Rights Abuses Continue in Central Asian Republics
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, February 26, 2009, San Francisco —
Politically motivated arrests, controls on news media and Internet common
Despite some improvements, the overall state of human rights in the former Soviet Central Asian republics remains a cause of concern, according to the U.S. Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2008, issued February 25.
