Serving 25 years in prison for criticizing the Kremlin, #VladimirKaraMurza could be the next Russian dissident to die behind bars. wsj.com/world/russia/t… Matthew Luxmoore

The Beet’s latest begins in an “invisible national park” in the Carpathian Forest, taking us all the way to the Oder River and back again, as we follow the environmental activists and experts fighting to preserve Poland’s natural wonders. meduza.io/en/feature/202… Meduza in English

Despite optimism and repeated attempts to start the project — some regional observers have come to call it a 'dream railway' — the CKU has stalled as the countries face financing and technical challenges. voanews.com/a/kyrgyz-offic…

Kyrgyzstan: Central Asia’s Island of Democracy Sinks Into Authoritarianism:(fpri.org/article/2024/0…)

Glad to see threats to cultural heritage mentioned in this Freedom House report. freedomhouse.org/country/armeni…

В Таджикистане активист «Группы 24» приговорен к 10 годам заключения rus.ozodi.org/a/32901174.html

Сергеевский гидроузел справляется, но на Петропавловск идёт огромный поток воды — паводки в СКО rus.azattyq.org/a/32901171.html

Many Central Asians in Russia are afraid to leave their homes in the wake of the March 22 attack at Moscow's Crocus City Hall, Bruce Pannier writes for 'Central Asia in Focus': about.rferl.org/article/centra…

Казахстан и другие «устоявшиеся авторитарные режимы» в отчёте «Фридом Хаус» rus.azattyq.org/a/32901623.html

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✉️ Сразу после помещения под арест в середине февраля, каракалпакский активист Акылбек Муратбай (Муратов) Aqylbek Muratbai передал администрации СИЗО письмо на адрес сестры в #Алматы . Оно было получено только на прошлой неделе. Публикуем его сегодня:

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i've been doing interviews for 20 years. today i was so nervous as if it was my first. Ewa Thompson's changed my life. her work on russian colonialism is trailblazing and shaped my own self-education journey as a свідомий Ukrainian.
starstruck.

'Только не экстрадируйте его!'. Жена таджикского активиста обратилась с письмом к властям Литвы rus.ozodi.org/a/32899010.html

For the BBC World Service, my colleague bambi and I gave an overview of the situation concerning the floods in #Kazakhstan - listen here bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w1…

Two Tajik citizens (Sirojiddin Davlatov from Vose, Samedjon Fayzov from Kulob) arrested in Afghanistan and accused of planning an attack in Iran. “They were recruited into ISIS through Telegram while they were working in the Vladimir region of Russia,” the publication notes.

#Mizzou ’s visiting scholars from #Uzbekistan , Timur Nurimbetov & Khulkar Karimova, presented their agricultural research Mizzou CAFNR International Programs and then hosted us for a homemade Uzbek dinner. It was amazing! 🇺🇿🇺🇸

MU International Programs Mizzou CAFNR

In Los Angeles, the O.J. Simpson Case Defined a Turbulent Era nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/…

I would like to announce that I will be a speaker at Oslo Freedom Forum in June and will focus on human rights situation in #Azerbaijan , what we families are going through with our fight and focus on my father, Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu's imprisonment! We will continue to fight and let…

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