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There are organizations in Uzbekistan that help people with disabilities to feel in demand and needed by society.
The second day of the seventh Go Viral Festival in Dushanbe held on 27 May, organized by IWPR Central Asia, was no less exciting than the first day. More than 500 participants came to the Zebunniso Cinema that day to gain new knowledge, expand their network and learn about innovative ideas of modern Tajikistan in the media, business, culture and IT. (more…)
The deteriorating situation in Russia has not affected the number of Tajiks migrating, which is still growing. The number of people obtaining Russian citizenship has reached a record high. (more…)
“There is no opposition”, this sign was hanging in the editorial office of the pro-government media and showed that those who criticise authority in Kazakhstan must not be mentioned at all. The sign is considered a fake story told by journalists, but there’s some truth in it – Kazakhstan-based media practise self-censorship. CABAR.asia figures out why journalists become self-censors. (more…)
The IWPR office in Tajikistan hosted a master class on reporting on climate change and climate policy for Central Asian journalists in Tajikistan.
CABAR.asia talked with the esteemed UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Ms Mary Lawlor, to explore potential avenues for safeguarding and upholding human rights in Central Asia. The rapporteur emphasized her people-centred approach, focusing on the most vulnerable defenders. The rapporteur encouraged anyone with reliable information about human rights defenders’ rights violations to contact her office. We discussed the importance of UN mechanisms in protecting human rights and holding governments accountable, despite the challenges of “democratic backsliding” in some countries of the Central Asian region.
Back 2017, Nursultan Nazarbayev endorsed the order on transition of the Kazakh language from the Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin alphabet until 2025. The key reason was the desire to extend the boundaries of the Kazakh language in the world, where information flows are built around the Latin language. The next president, Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev, supported the idea, but postponed the transition until 2031. See the material of CABAR.asia about the relation between the change in the script and the decolonisation. (more…)
On March 19, 2023, it will be four years to the landmark moment in the history of Kazakhstan, when the first and seemingly eternal president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, announced his resignation. What has crucially changed in the political structure of the country after the resignation of the Yelbasy – the leader of the nation? (more…)
Roskomnadzor sends notices to Kazakhstan media demanding to remove content related to the war in Ukraine. Does Roskomnadzor have the right to send demands to the media other than Russian, and can these demands be called the attempt upon the digital sovereignty of Kazakhstan? (more…)
A shocking forecast made for Kazakhstan back in 2018 has come true: the country has entered the phase of man-made disasters because of the wear of public utilities. CABAR.asia together with the honoured power engineer of the Republic of Kazakhstan and author of the Telegram channel “Haırýshev energy”, Zhakyp Hairushev, are figuring out why disasters have become possible and how the country should recover from the crisis. (more…)