Uzbekistan: independent blogger sentenced to three years’ house arrest

Miraziz Bazarov was sentenced to three years’ limitation of freedom of movement for defamation. A critic of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and a supporter of LGBTQI rights, the Uzbek blogger was… [...]

Fresh snow in the Pamirs

The cold weather over night covered the high mountains of the… [...]

Shepherds at the Jeti-Ögüz

A Kyrgyz shepherd with his son drives his herd of sheep past the famous Jeti-Ögüz rocks towards the green mountain meadows. Credit:… [...]

Transport

Man carries a heap of naan bread on… [...]

Little Brother

Ismoil Somoni Statue

An unusal view to the Ismoil Somoni Statue at night. The monument is the landmark of Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe and remembers the national hero… [...]

Underground palaces

Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, was the first city in Central Asia to open a metro, back in Soviet times. The subway stations were… [...]

Milking mares in Son Kul

At sunset the semi-nomadic shepherds of Son Kul gather their livestock. This is the time when the mares are milked to make the famous… [...]