Author name: Freedom for Eurasia

Freedom for Eurasia has received a letter from Info Center “Shyrak-2014” revealing that over 100 civil activists in Karakalpakstan are currently under house arrest by order of an Uzbek court.  The Info Center “Shyrak-2014” , established in 2014 by activists of the Karakalpak democratic movement, collaborates with various dissident groups both within the country and […]

Freedom for Eurasia has received reliable information about more cases of transnational repressions committed by Tajikistan against dissidents abroad. Highlighting the cases of Tajik dissidents Salim Sultonzoda and Bakhtiyor Safarov, Freedom for Eurasia underscores the severe repressive tactics employed by the Tajikistani regime against its opponents, which includes threats against family members to intimidate those

To the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. To the Ambassadors of the Council of Europe, USA, UK, France, and Germany in Kyrgyzstan. To International and Kyrgyz Human Rights Organizations. To the Media. We, the Kempir-Abad prisoners, who have been detained for two years and are being tried behind closed doors,

Tleubike Yuldasheva is a Karakalpak activist who has been engaged in human rights activism since at least 2013. In 2019 in Nukus, on Freedom Square, Yuldasheva and another Karakalpak activist Perizat Begzhanova, with their children, tried to hold a peaceful protest over the lack of support for poor families, single mothers and unemployment benefits. The

For decades, Uzbekistan has been notorious for its persecution of independent journalists and bloggers, despite President Mirziyoyev’s assertions of freedom of speech within the country. While official rhetoric may claim otherwise, the reality on the ground tells a different story. Recent reports from Freedom of Eurasia have shed light on the ongoing arrests of bloggers who dare

Karakalpak activists living abroad are facing sentences in Uzbekistan in absentia. This  information was provided to Freedom for Eurasia by activist Koshkarbai Toremuratov, who is currently seeking asylum in Poland. Toremuratov Koshkarbai has been sentenced by the Nukus city court to five years and one month in prison under articles 159(1) and 244¹ (3) para