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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
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
ASIA
13.Jan.2022
EN

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