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Free speech in Central Asia
January 27, 2022
2 Very Different Uzbek Bloggers Both Punished for Their Speech
By Catherine Putz
That the two are quite ideologically different illustrates the state’s unease with what it perceives as extremes, whether progressive or conservative.
November 19, 2020
Uzbekistan: The Long Struggle for Freedom of Expression
By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska
Freedom of expression remains partial and fragile in Uzbekistan, but a limited recent opening may be impossible to reverse.
August 24, 2020
Abdullaev Extradited to Uzbekistan Then Released, Investigation Pending
By Catherine Putz
The specifics of the charges against 47-year old Uzbek journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev remain unclear, but the case is drawing significant attention.
January 25, 2017
Kazakhstan Plans to Ban Anonymous Commenters
By Casey Michel
Astana’s record of policing speech undercuts the attractiveness of doing away with anonymous internet comments.
December 28, 2016
Kazakh Man Given 3 Years for Insulting Putin
By Catherine Putz
Three years in a penal colony for calling Putin a fascist; no wonder no one insults Nazarbayev.
January 26, 2016
Kazakhstan’s Ever Shrinking Space for Dissent
By Casey Michel
Two activists were recently jailed for “inciting national discord.”
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