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Animal rights activists in Tajikistan demand to toughen punishment for animal cruelty and stop shooting stray dogs.
Fake accounts in Kyrgyzstan are not as effective as they used to be a few years ago, but they are still in demand not only to support the image of politicians, but also to dictate the agenda and regulate the information space. As long as media literacy of people is low, and conformism to selection of opinion is a decisive factor, bot and troll farms will be very popular, experts say. (more…)
Kazakhstan has made amendments to the legislation and tightened responsibility for shooting of and cruelty to animals. However, animal rights defenders believe that they will not have a major impact on the issue without the systemic approach. (more…)
Kyrgyzstan has not decided yet how to control stray dogs. Private funds and charity organisations deal with this problem instead of municipal bodies. (more…)
Kazakhstan takes part in six international studies on assessment of school environment and educational progress of students. Moreover, the republic makes regular attempts to get students and teachers prepared for tests. According to experts, this practice cannot affect the overall score of the country significantly.
In Kyrgyzstan, the Hungarian-Kyrgyz Development Fund has just been officially launched; the Uzbek-Kyrgyz Development Fund was launched a little earlier; the opening of several more such structures with the participation of capital of other countries is at the negotiation stage, officials say. All of them have been created on the model of the successful Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund, which has worked for several years. (more…)
Dushanbe is intensifying ties with Iran amid Russia’s war with Ukraine.
The Tajik authorities hope to find an ally in Tehran, which could become an additional security guarantor for them because of the growing threats on the country’s borders, said Muslimbek Buriev, an independent researcher and member of the CABAR.asia school of analysis.
77 per cent of voting Kazakhstanis at the referendum voted for amending the Constitution. However, experts doubt that there would be major changes for the better.
The authorities of Kyrgyzstan want to fund non-profit organisations in order to counter published “critical materials.” (more…)
According to experts, the government applies systemic approach to resolve the child labour issue. However, it is not as efficient in practice as it should be. (more…)