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Nazpari Sotoudeh provides a deep dive of the bizarre case of arrested author Abdukhalil Kholiqzoda amid intensifying repression in Tajikistan

Thijs Korsten digs into the recent arrest of Karakalpak activist Aqylbek Muratbai and what it means for Uzbek civil society.

Thijs Korsten and Viktoria Kobzeva put the spotlight on the arrest of Bakhtiyar Hajiyev and wider trends in Azerbaijani civil society

Alexandra West takes a look at Russia's latest amendment to their propaganda laws, a move which will have devastating consequences for the country’s LGBTI community. 

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 [...]