Multimedia / Uzbekistan
Despite official statements and military reforms, hazing and non-statutory relations still exist in the armies of the Central Asian countries.
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How was the colonial policy of the USSR and tsarist Russia manifested itself in Central Asia and what was the stimulus for active decolonial discourse in the regional states.
CABAR.asia together with expert, Dr. Rashid Gabdulkhakov, Assistant Professor of the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, have prepared cards on which main methods are used by agitators and how to understand if you read or watch propaganda message.
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No one really knows the scope of sexualised abuse of children in Central Asia. According to estimates of human rights activists, only one case of 10 goes reported to law enforcement bodies at best.
The Central Asian countries have never ranked high in global rankings of press freedom index. The authorities of the regional states try to toughen control over media and introduce new instruments to tighten the screws.
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According to the statistical data, nearly 53 thousand citizens of five Central Asian countries have died in two years of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the available data, the number of direct or indirect victims of COVID-19 was five times more. Moreover, the majority of “excessive” lethal cases in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan happened not because of the coronavirus infection. (more…)
The article focuses on a comparative analysis of the common and specific elements of the electoral systems of the Central Asian states.