Author name: Freedom for Eurasia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vienna / Warsaw, 5 October 2026 “Killed, Watched, Sued: Kazakhstan’s Systemic Campaign Against Its Critics Abroad” Friday, 9 October 2026, 14:00–15:00 (CEST) Meeting Room 2 – Saski, Sofitel Victoria Warsaw, Królewska St. 11 OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference 2026 Working languages: English and Russian Freedom for Eurasia will convene a side event […]

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

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