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Published in: oDRHow Kyrgyz social media backed an imprisoned politician’s meteoric rise to powerAmid post-election chaos, Kyrgyz-language social media was increasingly flooded with support for nationalist...
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Published in: oDRIn Central Asia, the ever-growing chasm of inequality is deepeningData shows how inequality in Central Asian states cascades down, promoting poor health, limited access to education...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionThe silence of our friends: what has been the global civil society response to the war in Nagorno Karabakh?As a brutal war rages over Nagorno Karabakh, for many Armenians the lack of international response is deafening.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionThe incredible resilience of KyrgyzstanAs Kyrgyzstan enters another round of disruption and upheaval, society emerges better networked for change.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWhat next for Kyrgyzstan?After a week of manoeuvring amid post-election chaos in Kyrgyzstan, have those who made the revolution already lost out?
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationKey liberaliser in “Uzbek spring” faces questions over business pastAs Uzbekistan rebrands, research by UzInvestigations raises new questions over the business past of Komil...
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Published in: oDRQuestions over former journalist’s role in Kyrgyzstan’s customs scandalEvidence suggests a former investigative journalist, and former openDemocracy contributor, ran a secret Facebook...
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Published in: oDRA Russian banking scandal taints Uzbekistan’s cotton revolution - and leads back to Switzerland via the UKThe cotton fields of Uzbekistan are tied to the tree-lined streets of upmarket Geneva by the empty vaults of a...
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Published in: HomeAs Uzbekistan’s public health system buckles, state handout for private university tied to Tashkent mayor triggers angerWith public health infrastructure in Uzbekistan’s capital under severe strain, questions are being raised over a...
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Published in: oDRNo place for women in grassroots peace-building in Fergana ValleyIn this part of Central Asia, where the borders of three countries meet, women are excluded from the vital work of...
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Published in: oDRIs Kyrgyzstan losing the fight against coronavirus?The pandemic has ravaged Kyrgyzstan’s healthcare system and the socio-economic position of many of its citizens.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionKazakhstan’s Eurasian illusionsTrying to find out what “Eurasia” means for Kazakhstan’s foreign policy turned out to be much harder than predicted.
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationFor western brands, Uzbekistan’s cotton privatisation raises red flagsAs Uzbekistan turns to privatisation to solve forced labour in the state-controlled cotton sector, an investigation...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionUK must end trade complicity in Uzbek forced labourA new report documents the ongoing use of forced labour in Uzbekistan's cotton sector.
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Published in: oDRKyrgyzstan’s not so “wonderful” anti-disinformation lawNew legislation on online disinformation comes at a time when Kyrgyzstan’s public conversation about elite...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionA decade on, what has been learnt from Kyrgyzstan's 2010 clashes?If ordinary people improve the prospects for dialogue, they can deescalate violence at critical times. That's how...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"Why Uzbekistan's journalists still yearn for changeIn recent years, Uzbekistan has embarked on ambitious reforms. But for the country's long-struggling journalists,...
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Published in: 50.50Meet the Uzbek activists using apps to connect gay men to HIV testing and careThe Uzbek government’s liberal reforms leave out its gay community, so activists are finding creative ways to offer...
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Published in: oDR“Even though I am in prison, I feel the freedom of my soul”Today Azimjon Askarov, an imprisoned human rights defender from southern Kyrgyzstan, faces an appeal hearing. In...
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Published in: 50.50Alarm as 2 billion people have parliaments shut or limited by COVID-19Democracy groups warn of 'significant risks' to rights around the world as a growing number of parliaments shut down...
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