Author name: Freedom for Eurasia

Vienna December 03, 2024 Freedom for Eurasia welcomes the recent sanctions imposed by the Global Magnitsky Act (GloMag) on three Uzbek officials involved in heinous acts of human trafficking and gender-based violence, particularly against vulnerable children in state-run orphanages. In the spring 2023 Yulduz Khudaiberganova was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison and barred from

According to “Hook” media today, around 19:00 Tashkent time, the film crew of journalist Alexey Pivovarov was detained in Nukus along withjournalist of “Hook” media Feride Makhsetova. The detention was based on a statement filed by a local resident. The crew is currently held at the Nukus Department of Internal Affairs—they have been allowed to keep their

Updated December 01, 2024 We express grave concern regarding the recent arbitrary detention of journalist Alexey Pivovarov, along with his film crew from the project “Redaction,” and local journalist Feride Mahsetova in Nukus, Karakalpakstan. They were held in Main Department of Interior (GUVD) of Nukus. According to report they were invited for a ‘conversation’. We

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Karakalpak language being recognized as a state language in Karakalpakstan, a sovereign republic within Uzbekistan. This milestone, achieved on December 1, 1989, is a testament to the Karakalpakstan’s rich cultural heritage. However, this day also serves as an urgent call to protect and preserve the Karakalpak language, which

Vienna, November 29, 2024 We are deeply concerned about the recent detention of lawyer Samat Matsakov by Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (GKNB). This incident, which follows a pattern of intimidation against legal professionals representing individuals accused of politically motivated charges, poses a significant threat to the right to defense and the independence of