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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

Katherine Leung reviews short films from the Davra Collective, a growing roster of Central Asian artists, which screened at goEast

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews the collection of innovative films competing in the Rheinmain Short Film Award

Emma Collet explains the wide-ranging effects of Bishkek's unresolved waste problem and how activists and artists respond to it.

Charlie Norman takes a look at the deepening regional cooperation in Central Asia and how a focus on local context is crucial

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

“Is that your car?” Khusnidin asked, pointing to the UAZ Hunter my friend and I had rented in Bishkek. “I have a Soviet car as well, a white Lada Niva” he said proudly, as my friend plowed the [...]

Sydney Millar on the second attempt at electing a new parliament after the failure of the last elections in October last year.