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Kyrgyzstan has committed itself to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Despite this goal, the country’s consumption and production of coal is growing rapidly. (more…)
Environmentalists are often at higher risk around the world and in Kazakhstan, in particular. According to experts, eco-activists are often taken as oppositionists and brought to justice.
Warnings that the covert surveillance amounted to a gross violation of the fundamental right to privacy.
According to experts, the authorities of Kazakhstan use extremism laws to fight political opponents. (more…)
Children from low-income families in Tajikistan are forced to earn money for school and other necessities during the summer vacations. Experts believe that the situation will not change for the better in the near future.
Except for Tajikistan, other countries of the region are reluctant to open their borders to Afghan refugees. In particular, this is connected with the plans to cooperate with the new authorities in Kabul, the experts believe. (more…)
Many things have been said about digitalisation in Kyrgyzstan at the state level, and it has been developing at a slow pace. Despite a lot of digitalisation projects, many citizens are aware only of a couple of them. And the frequent change of government does not help the digitalisation process.
The return of the Taliban (banned in Central Asia and considered terrorist) to power in Afghanistan would have a significant impact on its neighboring countries, and the Afghan agenda would become more important in the foreign policy of Central Asian countries, experts say. (more…)
Despite numbers apparently targeted, no official investigation is forthcoming.
In Kazakhstan, during the COVID-19 pandemic, forced evictions became more frequent, due to the reasons of housing seizures for state needs, mortgage debts, domestic violence, etc.