Author name: Freedom for Eurasia

Steinmeier and Scholz must advocate for the release of Abdullohi Shamsiddin at upcoming meetings with Tajikistan’s President Rahmon

28. September 2023 Eight months after deportation from Dortmund Joint report from Freeedom for Eurasia and the Abschiebungsreporting NRW [Cologne/Vienna] On the occasion of the visit of the five Central Asian presidents, including Tajik President Rahmon, to Berlin this Friday, the Abschiebungsreporting NRW and the Viennese human rights organization “Freedom for Eurasia” draw attention to […]

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Silencing youth in Karakalpakstan.

University administration uses power to limit freedom of speech. Recently, Freedom of Eurasia received a series of videos, likely shot in June 2023, that shed light on some concerning events. The footage shows the meeting between students and a teacher, probably after information about the student’s initiative to organize a peaceful assembly on the anniversary

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Karakalpakstan. Using Administrative Power, Fear and Pressure to Suppress Freedom of Thought

Freedom of Eurasia received videos of meetings for district state authorities led by Amanbai Orynbaev, who’s in charge of the Supreme Council in Karakalpakstan and joined by representatives of the state security service and akims (heads) of each district. In this video, we’ve seen a message shared by administrative authority and their coercive tactics aimed

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Three Karakalpak activists released from pre-trial detention center in Almaty

According to Karakalpak sources, on September 13, 2023, two Karakalpak activists, the leader of the Karakalpak diaspora in Almaty, Koshkarbay Toremuratov, and the Karakalpak oppositionist, Zhangeldy Zhaksymbetov, were released from the pre-trial detention center in Almaty. Karakalpak activist Raisa Khudaibergenova was released from Almaty pre-trial detention on September 15, 2023. They were detained in Kazakhstan

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Tajikistan: Free Political Activist and Drop Charges

For Immediate Release 08 September 2023 Nizomiddin Nasriddinov Was Recently Extradited from Belarus at Dushanbe’s Request (Vienna, September 11, 2023) –The Tajik authorities should drop trumped up charges against Nizomiddin Nasriddinov and immediately  release him, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Human Rights Watch, Freedom for Eurasia, and Freedom Now said today. Nasriddinov, a political activist, was

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Persecution of Karakalpak activists continues in Karakalpakstan

August 03, 2023 According to Karakalpak sources, on August 1, a former officer of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan, Salamat Orazbayev, was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest under Article 202.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Uzbekistan (inducement to participate in the activities of illegal non-governmental non-profit organizations

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