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10.05.2017 21:23 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan
The anti-government forces took control of the Qalay-I-Zal district of the Afghan province of Kunduz, located on the border with Tajikistan, world media reported on 7 May. Heavy battles that began shortly after the Taliban had announced the ‘spring offensive’ are going on in the Zebak district, as w
09.05.2017 23:01 msk Ferghana Valley Human Rights Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
On 10 May 2017, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein arrives in Uzbekistan with a two-day visit after a long break. We offered several well-known human rights defenders and experts on the region to comment on this important event and suggest concerns that a high UN
28.04.2017 15:58 msk Analytics Ferghana Valley Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Migration Politics Religious life Russia Uzbekistan
Brothers and neighbours speak about Rakhmat Akilov in Uzbekistan and Abror and Akram Azimov brothers in Kyrgyzstan . A good childhood and obedience, law-abiding behaviour, positive reputation in the neighbourhood, diligence – such testimonials would make a decent citizen, but not terrorist.
17.04.2017 22:33 msk Analytics Human Rights Interview Politics Religious life Tajikistan
Last month, Shohin Talbakzoda, a representative of the Prosecutor General’s office, expressed his concern over the fact that international organisations, European nations and even CSTO member-countries have not yet included the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) and Group 24 into so-called “
15.04.2017 10:03 msk Human Rights Migration Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
A reporter of Fergana was able to visit a mahalla (neighbourhood) in Samarkand where the relatives of Rakhmat Akilov live. Swedish police arrested Mr Akilov as the main suspect of a terrorist act in Stockholm early April.
11.04.2017 14:01 msk Analytics Business Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics
The original article in Russian is here . Thanslated into English by openDemocracyRussia .
13.03.2017 10:43 msk Human Rights Kazakhstan Politics
It seems like everything in authoritarian countries has been created and established to materialise the phantasies of George Orwell and Franz Kafka. At that, sheer number of various prohibitions and laws far exceeds the number of such countries, causing disbelief in normal and healthy societies. Som
10.03.2017 11:17 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
Representatives of the US embassy and a number of international organisations were allowed to visit Yelena Urlayeva, the chairman of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan (HRAU), in her hospital room. However, there is no clarity as to justifications for subjecting her to forced psychiatric treatm
02.03.2017 19:26 msk Human Rights Religious life Tajikistan
The situation around satr , a locally used term for hijab , or headscarf, is becoming ever more controversial in Tajikistan. Only a few years the Tajik society was rather tolerant toward satr with the male part of it encouraging women to wear Islamic attire. But lately, mostly thanks to the Tajik au
16.02.2017 22:32 msk Business Human Rights Uzbekistan
Things are going from bad to worse for Uzbekistan’s anticorruption whistleblower with a court ordering his confinement to a pretrial detention facility pending criminal hearings into corruption.
13.02.2017 00:02 msk Business Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
Early February 2017, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree “On continued improvement of the institution of mahalla.”
31.01.2017 09:21 msk Afghanistan Central Asia Human Rights Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Migration Politics Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Uzbekistan
Neo-patrimonial regimes have been established in Central Asian countries following the implosion of the Soviet Union. The new elites divided entire economies and “sweet-spot” government positions between “bosses” and their “vassals.” Meanwhile, the rest of the society, who are excluded from such net
26.01.2017 12:14 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics
Such scribbles could be seen almost all over Southern Kyrgyzstan in the summer of 2010—residents called for help and protection from pogroms
24.01.2017 22:54 msk Analytics Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics
Early on January 24, a verdict was issued in the case of Azimjan Askarov , an ethnic Uzbek, journalist and human rights advocate, who was arrested during the bloody events in Southern Kyrgyzstan in June 2010. Mr Askarov was accused of organising mass disorders and killing of a police officer. Appell
20.12.2016 11:15 msk Analytics Human Rights Politics Religious life Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan
A photo collage of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedow and preacher Fethullah Gulen
07.12.2016 09:27 msk Analytics Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
President-elect of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
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