Frightening weekend for many young people in Bishkek. Multiple police raids at a couple of hipster electronic clubs/bars. Patrons searched, taken in for drug testing. Reminiscent of the crackdown on Bassiani in Tbilisi or the recent closing or Poligraf in Yerevan

[NORW ] Helsingforskomiteen er svært skuffet over riksadvokatens henleggelse av saken om drapsforsøket mot forlegger William Nygaard. – Vi håper at Nygaard anker avgjørelsen, og at en slik anke blir tatt til følge, sier generalsekretær Beritlinen nhc.no/krever-rettfer…

This is appalling and demands official probe — all prison officials responsible for abusing wrongfully imprisoned journalist Makhabat Tajibek kyzy must be held to an account. Kyrgyz government should free her and others held in this retaliatory case! rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-t…

Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs Sends Chill Through Kyrgyz Civil Society

For Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty with views Dinara Nurbek Toktakunov Leila Nazgul Seiitbek💙💛🇰🇬🌻

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Kyrgyzstan: Alarming allegation that wife of Болот Темиров, Makhabat Tazhibek kyzy, was beaten in detention along with her cellmates by penitentiary officers.

Tazhibek kyzy was running Temirov Live after her husband -- a Kyrgyz -- was farcically deported to Russia from Kyrgyzstan.

Мы с bambi побывали в Актобе с 1 по 4 апреля и сделали видео (а также текстовый) репортаж о том, как дачные массивы на окраине городы два раза (еще третий раз после нашего отъезда) затопило водой с рек.

Видео:

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Бойцы ОМОН устроили облаву на общежитие таджикских мигрантов rus.ozodi.org/a/32891520.html

As usual, authorities in Tashkent take steps that disrespect president Mirziyoyev's public promise to support free speech -- a police raid in Tashkent first interrupted, then banned Art Doc Fest/Asia film screenings hosted at the 139 Documentary Center mediazona.ca/news/2024/04/0…

Call for action against wasteful water use in Central Asia progres.online/society/enviro…

A year long battle with Uzbek gov agencies on travel ban against HRD Galym Ageleuov, the lawyer Sergei Mayorov receives a threat from SGB for his professional work, SGB sends responce that they dont have to explain anything.
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#Karakalpak activist Rinat Utambetov was arrested in the Ili district (Almaty region, #Kazakhstan ). He was arrested at an emergency request from #Uzbekistan . According to the decision of the sanctions court, he was arrested for a period of 40 days. The information is being…

Kyrgyzstan: Kaktus Media fact-check shows that President Japarov used incorrect & misleading arguments to explain why he signed the draconian ''foreign representative'' NGO law: kaktus.media/doc/498649_sad… CIVICUS Monitor

Free Oleg Orlov.

#Karakalpak Activist Wanted In #Uzbekistan Detained In #Kazakhstan rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-a…

Bucha's Vokzalna Street: two years ago and just now.

The two vids show the same location.

Life always prevails. The light always defeats the darkness.

Always, my friends.

В Астане задержан каракалпакский активист Расул Жуманиязов rus.azattyq.org/a/32884355.html

«С узбеками просто грубо разговаривают, оскорбляют. С таджиками полиция обращается жестче». Мигранты из ЦА в РФ о проверках силовиков rus.ozodlik.org/a/zaderzhaniya…

evidence of this. This terror attack is bound to be surrounded by conspiracy theories. We urge Russian authorities to carry out investigations free and predujice and hope those responsible will be brought to justice.

For now, there is much we don't yet know. We must warn against collective punishment, mob justice and targeting of minority groups, who are already in a very vulnerable situation in Russia. Russian authorities have alluded to Ukrainian links to the attack, so far, there is no