Central Asia & Caucasus Data
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- Faces Behind The Numbers: People Killed In Iran’s Protests
on February 1, 2026Thousands of Iranians lost their lives after taking to the streets. These are the people behind the statistics.
- Trump appointee bans US states from regulating prediction markets
on February 17, 2026A key federal regulatory commission has announced that it will be fighting against individual states’ powers to regulate prediction markets. Mike Selig, chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), wrote in an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that his agency has exclusive powers to regulate prediction markets, and that it would The post Trump appointee bans US states from regulating prediction markets appeared first on Asia Times.
- Halved tariffs should benefit Scotch whisky exports to China
on February 17, 2026For more than a decade, China has been one of the most important growth engines for western luxury brands. From fashion and watches to fine wines and spirits, rising incomes and global exposure have fueled an extraordinary appetite for premium products. Scotch whisky has been a major beneficiary. Between 2019 and 2023, exports to China The post Halved tariffs should benefit Scotch whisky exports to China appeared first on Asia Times.
- Witkoff may have gone out on a limb with a new Iran agreement
on February 17, 2026The US-Iran “indirect” talks in Geneva on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, lasted between three and four hours. Omani diplomats acted as intermediaries. The US delegation did not meet directly with the Iranians. Thus suggestions were carried from one side to the other, and vice versa by the Omani intermediaries. It appears, if the Iranian assessment The post Witkoff may have gone out on a limb with a new Iran agreement appeared first on Asia Times.
- Marco Rubio’s Munich speech criticized as promoting imperialism
on February 17, 2026US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s defense of Western colonialism and imperial power at the Munich Security Conference and the applause his remarks received from attendees were seen as deeply unsettling in the context of the Trump administration’s brazen trampling of international law, including the recent kidnapping of the president of a sovereign nation. While Rubio gave lip service in The post Marco Rubio’s Munich speech criticized as promoting imperialism appeared first on Asia Times.
- UZBEKISTAN: Political prisoner tortured for protest against ban on reading Koranon February 17, 2026
Lawyer Sergei Mayorov, who visited political prisoner Dauletmurat Tajimuratov in Prison No. 11 in Navoi on 17 January, complained to Forum 18 that his client was deprived of his religious freedom and tortured for reading the Koran and protesting against the violation of his religious freedom and other rights. Tajimuratov, who is now 46, is a Karakalpak lawyer, journalist, and human rights defender who played a le
- UZBEKISTAN: Mosque prayers for sick mother to lead to former prisoner of conscience re-jailingon February 17, 2026
Tashkent's Yunusabad Probation Department officials have threatened former Muslim prisoner of conscience Fazilkhoja Arifkhojayev that he will be returned to prison if he violates once again the terms of his conditional release. The warning came after he visited his mother in hospital after an operation on 8 January. On the way home. He visited a nearby mosque to pray for her health. Probation Department officials identifi
- Coco Gauff rallies to reach third round at Dubaion February 17, 2026
(Photo credit: Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)No. 3 seed Coco Gauff rallied from a break down in both sets to defeat Russia's Anna Kalinskaya 6-4, 6-4 in second-round action Tuesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates.Gauff overcame 12 double faults and 33 unforced errors in the 92-minute match, saving seven of 11 break points and convertin
- Top Kyrgyz Court Stops President Potentially Ruling Until 2037on February 17, 2026
The Constitutional Court in Kyrgyzstan has issued a ruling with implications for an ongoing politicalpower strugglethat will suit President Sadyr Japarov -- while also throwing an obstacle to any long-term aim he may have to stay in power until 2037.Japarov was elected to a six-year term in January 2021 but then presided over a change in the constitution later that year, which said the head of state would serve
