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Uzbekistan: a president for life?
Constitutional referendum allows president to stay put until 2040 while paying lip service to human rights
DEMOCRACY
CENTRAL ASIA
04.May.2023
EN
A ‘New Kazakhstan’, or more of the same?
President positions as a reformer – but his latest implausible landslide election win is straight out of the old playbook
DEMOCRACY
CENTRAL ASIA
02.Dec.2022
EN
Uzbekistan: protests further show need for democracy
State’s failure to spot the warning signs of anger leads to rare protests and avoidable violence
DEMOCRACY
CENTRAL ASIA
20.Jul.2022
EN
Civil society campaigning achieves forced labour victory in Uzbekistan
Seventeen years of advocacy and activism leads to the end of state-imposed forced and child labour in country’s cotton industry
ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT
CENTRAL ASIA
06.May.2022
EN
Turkmenistan: tyranny mutates into dynasty
Ritualistic election enthrones president’s son – but his father retains power behind the throne
FREEDOMS
CENTRAL ASIA
18.Mar.2022
EN
Kazakhstan: demands for radical change met with lethal response
President puts himself firmly in Putin’s pocket to deny democracy
DEMOCRACY
CENTRAL ASIA
13.Jan.2022
EN