Freedom For Eurasia condemns the decision of German authorities to force the 29-year-old Tajik citizen Rahmonov Saidazam to return to Tajikistan whiсh resulted in his violent death at the hands of the Tajik State Committee for National Security and calls for an immediate, independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding his disappearance and death. According to […] The post Return from Germany Ends in Tajik Man’s Torture and Death appeared first on Freedom For Eurasia.| Freedom For Eurasia
Kyrgyzstan has taken a controversial step towards reinstating the death penalty. President Sadyr Japarov has instructed his administration to prepare amendments that would reintroduce capital punishment for crimes against women and children, despite this penalty having been abolished in 2007. The proposed legislation has been published on the portal for public discussion of draft regulatory […]| Freedom For Eurasia
Human Rights Defenders and lawyer representing victims – the largest Tajik opposition party in exile – denounce crimes against humanity committed by the State of Tajikistan and refer the matter to the International Criminal Court. Press Release On April 10, 2025 Freedom For Eurasia with support of Norwegian Helsinki Committee, the NGO FUVI – International […]| Freedom For Eurasia
On 8 October, the Chairwoman of Freedom for Eurasia delivered a statement on the situation of freedom of expression in Karakalpakstan during the 2025 OSCE ODIHR Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw. The intervention took place at the plenary session dedicated to fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, freedom of the media, and the safety of […] The post Freedom for Eurasia’s Statement on the Situation of Freedom of Expression in Karakalpakstan appeared first on Freedom For ...| Freedom For Eurasia
© ICC-CPI. On 17 March 2023, ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, in the context of the situation in Ukraine, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The post Tajikistan must stand with victims, not ICC suspects: Civil society urges Tajikistan to cancel Putin’s visit appeared first on Freedom For Eurasia.| Freedom For Eurasia
On Wednesday morning, September 24, 2025, 80-year-old Zubaidullohi Rozik, a prominent member of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), died in the “Kirpichny” maximum-security correctional colony in Vahdat. Zubaidullohi Rozik was a member of the Political Council and Presidium of the IRPT (banned in Tajikistan since 2015), head of the party’s Science Department, editor-in-chief […]| Freedom For Eurasia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vienna, Austria – September 19, 2025 – Freedom for Eurasia strongly condemns the politically motivated sentencing of former Kloop media operators Zhoomart Duulatov and Alexander Alexandrov to five years in prison by the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek on September 17, 2025. Two former Kloop accountants received three-year probation sentences in the […] The post Freedom for Eurasia Condemns Harsh Sentences for Former Kloop Operators: A Vendetta Against Indepen...| Freedom For Eurasia
Freedom for Eurasia has received troubling news that Zhumasapar Dadebaev, a political prisoner from Karakalpakstan, has been moved to the Specialized Prison Hospital No. 23 in Tashkent’s Yashnabad district. This information comes from his father, Egenmurat Dadebaev, who on 2 September 2025 filed an official complaint with the Ombudsperson of Uzbekistan. In his appeal, he […]| Freedom For Eurasia
Chris Rickleton and Beiimbet Moldagali for Freedom for Eurasia Family members and neighbor (far right) of Alimnur Turganbay outside their house on August 4, 2025, in the village of Uzynagash near Almaty, Kazakhstan. Photo by Chris Rickleton As Alimnur Turganbay was preparing to set off for Kazakhstan’s Kalzhat–Dulata border crossing with China, he let his oldest daughter Riza […]| Freedom For Eurasia