Karakalpak bloggers jailed over Instagram videos about Karakalpakstan and Karakalpak language
Karakalpak bloggers were detained yesterday, one in Tashkent and the other in Karakalpakstan. Shingis Tayrov, a young Karakalpak, posted a video on Instagram questioning why street names, building descriptions, and tourist attractions in sovereign Karakalpakstan are written in Uzbek, Russian, and English but not in Karakalpak. In his video, he emphasized the importance of nations […]
