Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan have adopted different policies regarding citizens who joined extremist groups in the Middle East and their possible repatriation.

The run-up to Kazakhstan's June 9 snap presidential election has already been hard on the country's image.

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.

This week the topic is the situation of Mahmadali Hayit, the deputy leader of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, who is seriously ill and has claimed he was tortured.

On this week's Majlis podcast, we return to the topic of feminism in Central Asia.

On this week's Majlis podcast, we're discussing water supplies and water use in Central Asia.

On this week's Majlis podcast, the resignation of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev. Why now? And more importantly, what comes next?

Gulnara Karimova's alleged violations of the law are now becoming clearer, but her personal situation inside Uzbekistan is shrouded in mystery. On this week's Majlis, we discuss what is known about her current situation and what her future prospects might be.

On this week's Majlis podcast, a discussion of the Tajik government's worsening credibility.