Author name: Freedom for Eurasia

Freedom For Eurasia is deeply alarmed by the recent reports of two deaths in custody and one case of severe injury following police detention in Uzbekistan. These disturbing incidents follow a pattern of suspicious deaths in detention facilities that has persisted in Uzbekistan for decades. According to reports, 21-year-old Muhammadkadir Pulatov died on February 14 […]

Dauletmurat Tajimuratov, a Karakalpak human rights defender, was unlawfully sentenced to 16 years in prison in connection with the Nukus events of July 1-2, 2022. He is currently serving his sentence at KIN-11 in the Navoi Region of Uzbekistan. Freedom for Eurasia has repeatedly published disturbing reports of torture, threats, and cruel treatment that Tajimuratov

Freedom for Eurasia is concerned about the videos and photos of brutal torture and beating of detainees circulated on social media on February 16, 2025. In these videos Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (GKNB) officers brutally assault and torture a male detainee who was later identified as Nurbek Asanov. It was reported that this

Akylbek Muratbai (Muratov), a leader of the Karakalpak diaspora in Kazakhstan, has been released after a year of unjust detention in Almaty on a false extradition request from Uzbekistan. His case is yet another example of the transnational repression employed by the Uzbek regime to silence dissent and suppress the Karakalpak people. The struggle does not end

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vienna, Austria – Freedom for Eurasia (FfE) strongly condemns the Tajik government’s failure to provide the necessary accreditation and conditions for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to conduct its parliamentary election observation mission. This forced cancellation is deeply regrettable, highlighting the regime’s blatant disregard for international standards