15 Years On, Ethnic Uzbeks Sill Face Bias in Kyrgyzstan Several ethnic Uzbeks from Osh said that the 2010 trauma continues to inform their daily lives and that the government’s efforts have largely been ineffective.

#Kyrgyzstan: Although 15 years have passed since the deadly ethnic clashes in the south of Kyrgyzstan, wounds still have not healed and new ones added with ongoing demolitions in Osh. I write about it in my oped here: thediplomat.com/2025/06/15-y...

#Kyrgyzstan: Whistleblower, Zhoomart Karabaev, convicted for exposing corruption in the country’s court system - allegations that deserved an effective and independent investigation, not prosecution and punishment of the whistleblower:

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The Platform Economy Runs on Inequality – and Sidesteps Labor Rights Promises of flexibility obscure an exploitative labor system — but workers are fighting back.

My latest piece for @inequality.org on how the platform economy runs on #inequality while sidestepping labor rights.

This isn’t about rejecting technology. It’s about making sure companies don’t hide exploitation behind an app. #ILC2025

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Discriminatory Testing Blocks Migrant Children’s Right to Education in Russia This week, Russia’s education and science supervision agency, Rosobrnadzor, reported that so far in 2025 only 335 children of migrants have been allowed to take the Russian language proficiency test, ...

#Russia - 81% of migrant children (many #CentralAsian) were barred from registering for Russian language proficiency test, itself a discriminatory requirement made law in December 2024. These are just the numbers since it came into force in April 2025:

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Living in Fear and Humiliation The 63-page report, “Living in Fear and Humiliation: Rising Xenophobic Harassment and Violence towards Central Asian Migrants in Russia,” documents that Central Asian migrants, mostly from Uzbekistan,...

#Kyrgyz migrants beaten up by Russian #police at a #Moscow sauna, causing uproar in #Kyrgyzstan. Good that #Kyrgyz Ombudsperson demanded justice & Russia started investigation after request by Russian Ombudsperson, but more needs to be done to address the root cause: www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

HRW comes out with an incredibly detailed report on the rise in anti-migrant violence, arbitrary detention and forced military conscription of migrants in Russia

Made a small contribution to this report, but it includes some first-hand testimonies of the horrible situations faced by migrants in RU

Punished for Being Central Asian in Russia : Daily Brief More state restrictions, vicious attacks in the streets, coerced to fight in Ukraine… Central Asians in Russia are facing grim times as authorities deny them their rights. Read @astroehlein in @hrw’s ...

More state restrictions, vicious attacks in the streets, coerced to enlist and fight in Ukraine – Central Asians in Russia are facing grim times as authorities deny them their rights.

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Russia: Xenophobic Crackdown on Central Asian Migrants Central Asian labor migrants in Russia have been experiencing increased xenophobic harassment, hate speech and violence, since the deadly attack attributed to Central Asians on Moscow’s Crocus City Ha...

My new @hrw.org report on rising #xenophobia against #CentralAsian labor migrants in #Russia is out today, please check it out:
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I will also be live today with colleagues at 14 cet on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube (and yes sadly X too), to discuss the report - pls, tune in!

Always worth reading @okwonga.bsky.social, but especially so when German politics are in the global spotlight. www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

“Just look at all the seemingly eternal norms that have been undone in no time at all. The cracks are swiftly spreading throughout the German iceberg.”

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan settle border dispute that sparked deadly clashes Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, two ex-Soviet Central Asian states, said on Friday that they had resolved a decades-old border dispute that had sparked clashes between different ethnic groups that had killed over a hundred people.

#Kyrgyzstan and #Tajikistan settle border dispute that sparked clashes. Long-awaited news for Central Asia!
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Checks out - our own research @hrw.org led us to similar conclusions. Report is coming in March - watch this space

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As I leave wretched X, I come to BlueSky with an offering - a #Bishkek railway bridge #cat.