I wrote a paper explaining Japarov's rise to power, his nationalist agenda & support base during the October events, if you are interested

Акция памяти политика Бориса Немцова в Москве на Большом Москворецком мосту Фото: Ксения Живаго / «Медиазона»

OMG! Can't wait the launch of this beautiful book by an amazing Central Asian female scholar Dr. Diana T. Kudaibergen 🌻🍉. Together with @MRohava, Marlene Laruelle & Central Asia Program

My first attempt to make sense of the violent change of gov in #Kyrgyzstan in October 2020. More to come in an upcoming Springer publication!

Hace 5 años mataron a #BertaCáceres, por defender un río y los derechos de su comunidad. Pero ella plantó semillas que nadie puede matar: su lucha es ahora más fuerte que nunca. En este aniversario, nos solidarizamos con COPINH y pedimos #JusticiaParaBerta.

🎧 In the new episode of Trouble with the Truth, Lana Estemirova🇺🇦 talks with Roman Stepanovych from zaborona_media .In their latest investigation, Zaborona examined the suspects involved in the murder of journalist #PavelSheremet ,who was working in Ukraine :bit.ly/3qrO5wn

I wrote about MISHA, a new documentary about the Uzbek-Korean footballer Mikhail An - screening tonight at 8pm at @ManIFFofficial (online) calvertjournal.com/articles/show/…

The Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE), of which Index is a member, launches its website on 26 March at 10.30GMT/1130 CET. Andrew Caruana Galizia, son of the murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, will be there. Join the discussion. RSVP >> pilnet.formstack.com/forms/case_web…

New article "Troubled Waters" up on Novastan English about Turkmenistan's environmental policies 🇹🇲 with thanks to water politics expert Filippo Menga for the interview: novastan.org/en/turkmenista…

I spoke to Novastan English about the Golden Age Lake and other matters, here is the full article novastan.org/en/turkmenista…

On #WorldHealthDay, we report on the toxic dust threatening the health of future generations in Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 Read Рахманбек's report on the toxic legacy of abandoned mining sites in #CentralAsia here 👇 bit.ly/3rZMNrU

“We have enough water to meet the current demand in Central Asia, but this should be used correctly”: great to get the insight of Abror Gafurov, a hydrologist at GFZ, especially in light of the border conflict after our conversation The Third Pole thethirdpole.net/en/climate/int…

#SLAPPs #UK: We Index on Censorship are extremely concerned at the legal harassment of investigative journalist & founder of Sarawak Report, Clare Rewcastle Brown, who is being targeted for her investigative reporting on the 1MDB scandal. We have filed a Council of Europe Media Freedom alert ⤵️

In #Uzbekistan blogger Miraziz Bazarov was & criminalized after publishing a letter on alleged corruption related to #COVID19 funds. Yet, devt banks continued approving loans without requiring #Uzbek govt to respect #pressfreedom. #UnhealthySilence rightsindevelopment.org

PRISM’s Ben Godwin quoted on the uneven playing field for investors in Uzbekistan. #Uzbekistan #prismpolitics eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-wil…

PRISM's Kate Mallinson: The protests are "symptomatic of deep-seated, simmering anger and resentment at the failure of the Kazakh government to modernize their country and introduce reforms that impact people at all levels." newtelegraphng.com/fuel-protests-…

PRISM's Kate Mallinson talks to the BBC about Kazakhstan's economy and business in light of current events: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…