COVID-19 responses across the five Central Asian republics have varied widely with worrying reports concerning human rights violations surfacing from the region. Fears include further suppressions of media freedom, invasive surveillance and privacy concerns, expanded police powers, and grave negligence surrounding the health of citizens.
Read moreUzbekistan Reforms Law to Combat Statelessness
Uzbekistan recently passed a law to allow over 50,000 stateless people—many who have been without citizenship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union—currently living within its borders to apply for citizenship.
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