In a new interview for Azda TV, FFE Chairwoman Leila Seiitbek addresses why corporal punishment of children remains widespread across Tajikistan and Central Asia more broadly — despite a 2024 law formally banning the practice. The 56% figure cited for Tajikistan is striking, but far from unique to the country: Uzbekistan (62%) and Kazakhstan (53%) […]
14 August 2026 Independent journalists in Kazakhstan are facing increasing pressure ahead of the 23 August elections to the Kurultai, the new unicameral parliament introduced under the constitution and approved in a referendum in March 2026. The undersigned human rights organizations are particularly concerned about recent criminal proceedings against journalists Dinara Yegubaeva and Lukpan Akhmedyarov,
A refugee in Vienna, a manufactured terrorism case, and a precedent Austria should not ignore. By Leila Nazgul Seiitbek In April 2026, the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs forwarded to the Ministry of Justice a letter from the Tajik Interior Ministry. It was not a diplomatic note. It was a dossier formally titled
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Freedom for Eurasia is gravely concerned by reports from the family of Mahmadali Hayit, Deputy Chairman of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), alleging that he has been subjected to torture, physical abuse, and degrading treatment while serving a life sentence in prison. According to relatives who visited Mr. Hayit on 2 June
While the state recovers billions in London and The Hague, oil workers in Kazakhstan still receive a fraction of what they are owed. By Leila Nazgul Seiitbek In January 2026, an international arbitration tribunal in London upheld Kazakhstan’s core claims against the Karachaganak Petroleum Operating consortium – including Shell, Eni, Chevron, and Lukoil – over unlawfully reimbursed costs
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Freedom For Eurasia and State Capture Accountability Project welcome the measures announced by the UK Government on 26 May 2026 to sanction illicit financial infrastructure — including cryptocurrency exchanges and “A7 network” — used to move funds, procure goods, and sustain Russia’s war economy. Through these actions, the UK is explicitly recognizing that this Kremlin-backed
