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May of 2021 in Central Asia is remembered for the end of Ramadan and pardon of prisoners, trip of the presidents of two countries to Moscow, deficit of air tickets and difficult yet encouraging epidemiological situation in the region. CABAR.asia provides a brief review of the most significant events in the region that took place last month.
Kyrgyzstan lacks rehabilitation programmes for children with cerebral palsy and outreach activities on the part of the state, according to parents of children with cerebral palsy. (more…)
Format leaves presenters at liberty to cover areas often suppressed in other types of media. (more…)
About 40 people in Kazakhstan cannot prove the death of their relatives who left for the combat zones in Syria and Iraq and went missing.
According to the law, the state is bound to provide comprehensive development and conditions for persons with disabilities. However, in reality this norm remains on paper and is not implemented in practice. (more…)
Despite the reforms meant to expand civil liberties announced by the president of Kazakhstan, the freedom of speech situation did not become any better in 2020. According to the ‘Adil Soz’ freedom of speech fund, 12 attacks on journalists took place in 2020, and 25 employees of media outlets, bloggers and activists were detained for expressing their views.
The Tajik experts believe that official permission to defer from military service for a fee will only increase corruption and aggravate the lives of conscripts from poor families.
From household tasks to labour rights, the pandemic has aggravated endemic gender inequality. (more…)
Despite the fact that Kyrgyzstan is considered the most liberal country in the region, women’s rights activists find it hard to struggle for women’s right.
Kyrgyzstan will vaccinate its population with vaccines provided free of charge by Russia, China and international donors.