Vienna / Bishkek, 23 March 2026 — Freedom for Eurasia welcomes the decision of the Leninskiy District Court in Bishkek to release media director Makhabat Tajibek kyzy from detention into house arrest with a travel ban after more than two years in custody. Her release marks an important, albeit overdue, step toward restoring justice and […]
Vienna / Bishkek Freedom for Eurasia welcomes the decision of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which concluded that the detention of Kyrgyz civic leaders Klara Sooronkulova, Rita Karasartova, Gulnara Dzhurabayeva, Asya (Asiya) Sasykbayeva, and Perizat Suranova was arbitrary and violated fundamental international human rights protections. In its opinion adopted in November 2025,
Freedom for Eurasia urgently calls on the international community to bring immediate attention to the case of Karakalpak political prisoner, lawyer, and journalist Dauletmurat Tajimuratov, amid alarming reports that the Uzbek authorities are seeking to keep him imprisoned for longer by initiating new criminal proceedings against him. Dauletmurat Tajimuratov was sentenced in 2023 to 16 years
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Freedom for Eurasia shares a video appeal by Maria Tajimuratova, the sister of Karakalpak political prisoner, lawyer, and journalist Dauletmurat Tajimuratov, who was sentenced in Uzbekistan to 16 years of imprisonment. In her appeal, Maria Tajimuratova directly addressed the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as well as Saida Mirziyoyeva, who oversees the Republic
Freedom for Eurasia has received information from the family regarding the deteriorating situation of Dauletmurat Tajimuratov, a Karakalpak lawyer, journalist, and human rights defender who is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence in Navoi Prison Colony No. 11 in Uzbekistan. Dauletmurat Tajimuratov was arrested in July 2022 following his peaceful activism during protests against proposed
On 3 February 2026, the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, which handled the case of Rasul Zhumaniyazov as well as the cases of other Karakalpak detainees in Kazakhstan, reported that Zhumaniyazov had departed Kazakhstan for a third safe country. For an extended period, Zhumaniyazov faced the risk of extradition from Kazakhstan at the request of Uzbekistan, as part
