Dozens of editors have expressed alarm about attacks on the media in Turkey and called on the country's president to respect the rights of journalists.
Rights groups have called on the U.S. Secretary of State to insist on the release of imprisoned journalists during his visit to Central Asia this week.
The bilateral talks come on the heels of rising urgency in the region, but rights advocates demand that Turkmenistan's human rights record be discussed.
The resolution is backed by all 20 women senators in the chamber, and calls for the release of Khadija Ismayilova, among other political prisoners.
The fall of a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan brings home the threats posed by the rapid rise of the Taliban and its international militant allies to Central Asian nations.
A media watchdog says scores of Afghan journalists have recently left for Europe to join hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants fleeing the Middle East and Africa.
Police in Baku have ransacked an apartment and seized equipment belonging to an RFE/RL free-lancer in the latest incident in an unrelenting campaign targeting the country's independent press.
In a telephone conversation with RFE/RL's Turkmen service, the mother of imprisoned journalist Saparmamed Nepeskuliev deplored the lack of information about her son's case.
UN Rights Chief cites crackdown against 'independent voices' and activists in Azerbaijan, and calls for release.
US announces campaign to recognize and release 20 women political prisoners.
A Baku court sentenced investigative journalist and RFE/RL contributor Khadija Ismayilova to prison on charges widely believed to be retribution for her reporting on corruption linked to Azeri President Aliyev and his family.
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