Author name: Freedom for Eurasia

Freedom For Eurasia Condemns Kyrgyz Court Ruling Banning Independent Media Outlets, Calls for Sanctions Against Prosecutor and Judge

Vienna, Austria Freedom For Eurasia strongly condemns the decision issued on October 27, 2025 by Judge U.A. Abdyrakhmanov of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, at the urging of Prosecutor N.U. Salaidinova, and Representative of the Main Investigative Department of State Committee of National Security Narmatov T.T. to declare the media projects “Temirov Live,” […]

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Leila Seiitbek, human rights activist: “Refugees from Central Asia have no support networks in Europe”

A discussion on human rights, European migration policy, and Central Asian dissidents Translation from Russian to English by Freedom For Eurasia. Original can be found pn Vlast.kz Almas Kaisar, Vlast Leila Seiitbek, photo from knews.kg Leila Seiitbek, a human rights defender and activist, fled Kyrgyzstan with her family in 2016, fleeing political persecution by the authorities.

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Return from Germany Ends in Tajik Man’s Torture and Death

Freedom For Eurasia condemns the decision of German authorities to force the 29-year-old Tajik citizen Rahmonov Saidazam to return to Tajikistan whiсh resulted in his violent death at the hands of the Tajik State Committee for National Security and calls for an immediate, independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding his disappearance and death. According to

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Kyrgyzstan: Proposal To Reinstate the Death Penalty Violates Human Rights Obligations and Fails to Protect Women

Kyrgyzstan has taken a controversial step towards reinstating the death penalty. President Sadyr Japarov has instructed his administration to prepare amendments that would reintroduce capital punishment for crimes against women and children, despite this penalty having been abolished in 2007. The proposed legislation has been published on the portal for public discussion of draft regulatory

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Freedom for Eurasia’s Statement on the Situation of Freedom of Expression in Karakalpakstan

On 8 October, the Chairwoman of Freedom for Eurasia delivered a statement on the situation of freedom of expression in Karakalpakstan during the 2025 OSCE ODIHR Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw. The intervention took place at the plenary session dedicated to fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, freedom of the media, and the safety of

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Tajikistan must stand with victims, not ICC suspects: Civil society urges Tajikistan to cancel Putin’s visit

© ICC-CPI. On 17 March 2023, ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, in the context of the situation in Ukraine, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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