Afghanistan’s Women: From Challenging ‘No Space’ to Being Silenced
‘When we reached the main street, the Taliban opened fire to disperse us. It felt as if it was raining…
Read More‘When we reached the main street, the Taliban opened fire to disperse us. It felt as if it was raining…
Read MoreRelatives of ethnic Kazakhs detained in Chinese re-education camps in Xinjiang began daily protests demanding the release of their relatives…
Read MoreRead the report. Get the key takeaways here As the third wave of Covid-19 hit Central Asia with the Delta…
Read MoreThe five countries in Central Asia — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan — all display varying degrees of authoritarian rule. Across the region, local economies are stymied by corruption, resulting in a dissatisfied and increasingly vocal populace (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 18 October 2019). In two of the republics, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, election-related demonstrations have altered the political landscape, but across the board, state directed-force and mob brutality are rife.
Read MoreDownload PDF This report is based on the Central Asia Protest Tracker. Download our full dataset. By Natalie Simpson, Raushan…
Read MoreThe Central Asia Protest Tracker (CAPT) dataset produced by a team at the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs mapped out a total of 981 incidents in the five Central Asian republics.
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