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The number of girls and women wearing hijabs on the streets of Uzbekistan’s cities and districts has noticeably increased. However, public schools in the country still forbid wearing them, allowing them to be replaced by skullcaps and light-colored scarves tied backwards. (more…)
Dozens of Tajik migrants have gone missing. Their relatives speculate that they may have been forcibly conscripted into the Russian army.
In Kyrgyzstan, those who disagree with the decision of the authorities on handover of the Kempir-Abad reservoir to Uzbekistan in exchange for other disputed areas have been detained. They are charged with attempted organisation of mass disorders. In Uzbekistan, they are not pleased with such division of borders, but no public discussions are held in the country. According to journalists, media outlets have a silent ban on covering this topic.
The upcoming snap presidential election will expectedly end up with the absolute win of current president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. There are no chances for any opponent to win the required number of votes, according to experts.
According to official data, prisons of Iraq and Syria contain nearly 600 women and children of Kyrgyzstan. So far, the return of children is discussed.
Since the arrests of seven bloggers and journalists, the work of the media in Tajikistan has become much more difficult and the “red line” of self-censorship, which must not be crossed, has been narrowed, media experts say. (more…)
The authorities of Kyrgyzstan once again attempt to get the country’s media sector under tight control by amending the law “On mass media”, while journalists are openly threatened with no reaction from the law enforcement bodies.
The partial mobilisation announced in Russia has covered not only the Russians. Migrants from Central Asia are being deceived into doing military service, while officials voice suggestions of depriving of Russian citizenship of those who have received it in the last 10 years and refuses to do military service.
In Kazakhstan, a group of parents of pupils practising Islam demand that the authorities stop prohibiting wearing headscarf to girls in schools. This year, the activists suggested a compromise – to allow girls wear white hoods instead of headscarfs.
After partial mobilisation was announced in Russia, crowds of Russians flooded to neighbouring countries, including Central Asia. Most of them take these states as transit ones and do not stay there for long. However, the inflow of Russian citizens has seriously alarmed the residents of host countries. It is often due to misunderstanding of how it can affect their ordinary life. (more…)