ADC Memorial publishes an article by Alisher Ilkhamov, Director of Central Asia Due Diligence, analyzing the absurd charges brought against the participants of the protests (July 2022) in Karakalpakstan. Since November 28, 2022, a trial has been underway in the…
Articles
The last month of the accursed year of 2022 invites us to attempt to assess it. It was obviously a watershed year that involved the end of an era of relative peace in Europe (yes, the wars in the Balkans…
No Age Limit for People-404
A tried-and-true recipe for retaining power when discontent is on the rise in the country is “a short victorious war”. If that war turns out to be neither short nor victorious, then the next option is to assign guilt to…
Speech by Alisher Ilkhamov, Central Asia Due Diligence at ADC Memorial Side Event ‘Ethnic Minorities in Central Asia: From Non-Recognition to Stigma and Discrimination’ during the OSCE ODIHR Human Dimension Conference: This report is a preliminary assessment of the recent…
Belarussians Speak Out Against the War
Without declaring war or calling the war in Ukraine a war, the Russian government has announced a mobilization and is continuing its illegal recruitment of various groups. Lying about the need for “protection” from NATO countries, it has announced the…
The fear of “gender”
In late June, at the height of the war, Ukraine ratified the Istanbul Convention – the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. On the one hand, this makes complete sense: Ukraine hopes to…