2022-01-07
With Memorial out of the way, historians fear the narrative will now firmly be in the hands of those -- like Russia's powerful security services -- who prefer a less nuanced version of the country's past.
2021-12-24
Chinese President Xi Jinping has spearheaded policies 'intended to destroy a significant part' of the Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang, a panel of 9 lawyers and human rights analysts concluded.
2021-12-20
A law taking effect December 29 requires fingerprints, facial photographs and medical certificates upon each entry for Central Asians. Citizens of Belarus are exempt from these new requirements.
2021-12-16
New proposals include requiring visitors to show QR codes proving COVID-19 status to enter restaurants, shopping centres, museums and concerts. But migrants from Central Asia can't get them.
2021-12-09
'Across China, millions are enduring outrageous human rights abuses: from mass surveillance... to mass torture including solitary confinement and forced sterilisations,' said one US official.
2021-12-07
China is using its economic leverage to compel regional leaders to stay silent while Beijing orchestrates horrific acts against Muslims, yet popular outrage can no longer be contained.
2021-12-06
Those illegally extradited to China faced 'arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearances, and forced televised confessions'.
2021-12-01
Kazakh filmmakers are telling the stories of national heroes who stood against Stalin's dictatorship. The most recent is about writer and public figure Akhmet Baitursynov.
2021-11-30
The UN agency also began distributing cash in Kabul to about 3,000 families severely hit by the country's growing humanitarian crisis.
2021-11-24
The persecution of Memorial, which campaigns for the preservation of historical memory in Russia and against rights violations, shows the Kremlin has taken a 'sharp' dictatorial turn.