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ALMATY (TCA) — Chinese authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang have sentenced an ethnic Kazakh man to 12 years' imprisonment after detaining him amid an ongoing crackdown on ethnic minority groups who study or seek to emigrate overseas, Radio Free Asia reported on August 16 citing its sources. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Governments in many post-Soviet states, including Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, consider foreign-funded NGOs a threat to national interests and a fifth column, taking repressive measures against them and civil society activism in general. Now such measures target two NGOs in Kazakhstan which are critical of the government’s policies. We are republishing this article by Joanna Lillis on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Human Rights Watch and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee say that Tajikistan authorities have detained, interrogated, and threatened relatives of 10 peaceful opposition activists who attended a July 9 conference in Germany, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — The European Union and Uzbekistan are to hold the highest-level political meeting since the death of longtime Uzbek President Islam Karimov in 2016, RFE/RL reports. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and with the support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on July 12 concluded a seminar focusing on Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) experience in the field of Official Development Assistance (ODA): gender equality and promotion of women's rights, UNDP in Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — After authorities in Tajikistan banned the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan in 2015, hundreds of Tajik opposition members have fled the country for the Middle East, Russia, and Europe, with Poland becoming an attractive place for Tajik political emigrants. Today, Tajikistan’s and Central Asia’s only Islamic party is consolidating in Europe to struggle against political repression in Tajikistan. We are republishing this article by Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
