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![Nuance Needed: Is Tajikistan Unstable? Nuance Needed: Is Tajikistan Unstable?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-17_15-18-58.jpg)
Nuance Needed: Is Tajikistan Unstable?
By Catherine Putz
Are crackdowns the thrashings of a weak state or the calculated moves of a regime carefully consolidating its power?
![Tajikistan's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year Tajikistan's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-08_14-44-06.jpg)
Tajikistan's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
By Catherine Putz
Human rights advocates and opposition figures tell a dark story of descent into crisis.
![Sri Lanka Moves in the Right Direction on Internet Freedom Sri Lanka Moves in the Right Direction on Internet Freedom](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-08-26_14-13-40.jpg)
Sri Lanka Moves in the Right Direction on Internet Freedom
By Taylor Dibbert
Sri Lanka’s new government moves in the right direction on internet freedom, although concerns about surveillance technologies persist.
![Bad News About Democracy in Central Asia Bad News About Democracy in Central Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-06-24_14-29-09.jpg)
Bad News About Democracy in Central Asia
By Catherine Putz
The region's rankings can't get much lower and no one expects them to get better, either.
![What Press Freedom in Eurasia? What Press Freedom in Eurasia?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-29_14-42-53.jpg)
What Press Freedom in Eurasia?
By Catherine Putz
Every year is a bad year for press freedom across the former Soviet Union. Last year was no different.
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Time for Serious Approach to Vietnam Human Rights
By Jared Genser and Greg McGillivary
Secretary of State John Kerry should use his trip to Vietnam to prompt Hanoi to improve its human rights performance.
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China’s Global War Against Press Freedom
Beijing has long censored domestic news. Now the CCP is aggressively targeting foreign media.
![The Decline of China’s Internet Cafes The Decline of China’s Internet Cafes](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sizes/thumbnail/2405_5243825dd124c.jpg)
The Decline of China’s Internet Cafes
Even as the Ministry of Culture tries to consolidate cybercafés, citizens turn to mobile devices to access the internet.
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Double Trouble for China
A recent report and press conference highlight some of the challenges ahead for Beijing — freedom and income inequality.
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