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Sydney Millar looks at Sadyr Japarov's targeted campaign to silence independent media in Kyrgyzstan through legal measures

Central Asia regional editor Sydney Millar examines Central Asia's drag scene which works to create queer joy in an oppressive society

Central Asia regional editor Sydney Millar discusses Central Asian migrants in Russia and the pressures of conscription

Sydney Millar looks at gender-based violence in Tajikistan and how prevailing cultural trends leave women with little recourse for help

Sydney Millar analyses the latest trial of the Karakalpak protestors, with a focus on the sentencing of journalist Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov

Sydney Millar analyses the Berdimuhamedow family power struggle in Turkmenistan and what the future holds for father and son

Sydney Millar analyses the democratic backsliding in Kyrgyzstan following the pre-trial detention of opposition politicians and civil rights activists in response to a new border deal between [...]

Sydney Millar on the upcoming snap presidential elections in Kazakhstan on 20 November.

Sydney Millar on the recent exodus of Russian men to the Central Asian states as Vladimir Putin has announced partial mobilization for the war in Ukraine.

Sydney Millar writes about the increasingly tense relationship between the Kazakh and Russian leadership as the war in Ukraine rages on.