CENTRAL ASIA

KAZAKHSTAN: ‘The risk of prosecution forces journalists into self-censorship’

Nazira Darimbet | KAZAKHSTAN

KAZAKHSTAN: ‘This constitution is the final institutional lock on authoritarian rule’

Yevgeniy Zhovtis | KAZAKHSTAN

‘When critical thinking isn’t welcomed, art offers alternative ways of speaking’

Daria Cybulska | UNITED KINGDOM

‘This anti-LGBTQI+ bill can still be blocked – but only with sustained international pressure’

Temirlan Baimash | KAZAKHSTAN

‘Turkmen authorities are carrying out a systematic campaign to eliminate independent voices’

Diana Dadasheva and Gülala Hasanova | TURKMENISTAN

‘The authoritarian regime uses collective punishment to discourage any challenge to its authority’

Khursand Khurramov | TAJIKISTAN

‘Authorities silence dissent by accusing activists of extremism, terrorism and spreading false information’

Leila Seiitbek | TAJIKISTAN

‘Civil society realises the importance of joint actions to protect rights and freedoms’

Murat Karypov | KYRGYZSTAN

‘The risks posed by Taliban rule are too grave for the international community to ignore’

Ehsan Shayegan | AFGHANISTAN

‘True freedom cannot be granted by external forces; it needs to be claimed by people’

Tolekan Ismailova | KYRGYZSTAN