Author name: Freedom for Eurasia

Circumstances of his death must be transparantly investigated On  January 5, 2024, Kyrgyz Penitentiary Service reported the death of political prisoner, Arstanbek Abdyldaev (Arstanbek Alai), who had been detained in correctional colony No. 31. He had been charged by the authorities of the Kyrgyz Republic under Part 1 of Article 330 of the Criminal Code […]

Today on January 9, 2024, the head of the Karakalpak diaspora in the Mangistau region of Kazakhstan, Nietbay Urazbayev, has died in a hospital in Almaty. Nietbai Urazbayev is an ethnic Karakalpak and held citizenship of Kazakhstan until 2023 when his Kazakh citizenship was revoked by Kazakh authorities. More on this can be read here.

In a concerning development, it has been revealed that the messenger accounts of the Uzbek human rights attorney Sergei Mayorov have been hacked. For years Sergey Mayorov defended high profile cases and represented bloggers, journalists, political opponents and critics of the Uzbek authorities, including the case of blogger Miraziz Bazarov, journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev and civil

Bektur Asanov, a Kyrgyz opposition politician unlawfully imprisoned as part of the Kempirabad defenders committee has suffered injuries after slipping and falling in the prison shower in pre-trial detention center (SIZO-1) in Bishkek. He suffered serious head injuries and his neck vertebrae were damaged. So far only an MRI scan was done, but it is

Nietbai Urazbayev is an ethnic Karakalpak and a citizen of Kazakhstan had his Kazakh citizenship revoked. He is an activist and chairman of the Karakalpak Ethnocultural Association “Allayar Zholu – Aktau,” registered with the Department of Justice of the Mangystau region, Kazakhstan and advocates for the independence of the Republic of Karakalpakstan. Since 2004, he