In 2022, residents of Nukus, the capital of Uzbekistan’s autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, protested a proposed change to the Uzbek constitution that would have removed their right to secede. They succeeded—but now, in retaliation, the Tashkent government is jailing local activists and stifling free speech. My first encounter with Karakalpak identity was superficial. In late […]
On September 13, 2024, the Commission on Refugee Status in Kazakhstan denied the asylum application of Karakalpak human rights defender Akylbek Muratbai (also known as Muratov). The Commission stated in its refusal: “The applicant has no reasonable fears of persecution on any grounds specified in the ‘criteria’ defining the concept of ‘refugee,’ as no facts
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