Author name: Freedom for Eurasia

Press Release 19.11.2024 Prominent Kyrgyz activist and critic of the Kyrgyz government, Tilekmat Kudaibergen uulu (also known as Tilekmat Kurenov), has gone missing in Dubai under alarming circumstances. Kurenov, who fled Kyrgyzstan in 2022 and applied for asylum in the United States in 2023, has been out of contact since the evening of November 18.

United Nations special procedures mandate holders as Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers; Working Group on Arbitrary Detention;Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and

Uzbekistan’s 2024 parliamentary elections, held on October 27. The election filled all 150 seats in the Legislative Chamber using a mixed system of both single-member constituencies and proportional representation. Each of the five political parties on the ballot is aligned with the government showing absence of meaningful competition. While Mirziyoyev promised reforms aimed to foster

Freedom for Eurasia is publishing a letter from Akylbek Muratbai (Muratov), a Karakalpak human rights activist, which was intended to be presented on October 9, 2024, during a side event focused on repression in Karakalpakstan. This event was organized by Freedom for Eurasia as part of the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference. Akylbek Muratbai (Muratov)