Syinat Sultanalieva
@syinats.bsky.social
Central Asia Researcher @HRW.org [Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan];
PhD (#nomadityofbeing); Writer [sci-fi]. Opinions are my own.
PhD (#nomadityofbeing); Writer [sci-fi]. Opinions are my own.
#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...
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.
thediplomat.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:59 AM
#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:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Kyrgyzstan: Whistleblower Convicted for Exposing Corruption in Court System
A Kyrgyz court on May 27, 2025, convicted former National Academy of Sciences researcher and whistleblower, Zhoomart Karabaev, of “incitement of mass disorder” and calling for disobedience to authorit...
www.hrw.org
May 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
#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:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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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
inequality.org/article/the-...
This isn’t about rejecting technology. It’s about making sure companies don’t hide exploitation behind an app. #ILC2025
inequality.org/article/the-...
The Platform Economy Runs on Inequality – and Sidesteps Labor Rights
Promises of flexibility obscure an exploitative labor system — but workers are fighting back.
inequality.org
May 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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
inequality.org/article/the-...
This isn’t about rejecting technology. It’s about making sure companies don’t hide exploitation behind an app. #ILC2025
inequality.org/article/the-...
#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:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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, ...
www.hrw.org
May 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
#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:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
#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/...
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,...
www.hrw.org
April 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#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/...
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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
Made a small contribution to this report, but it includes some first-hand testimonies of the horrible situations faced by migrants in RU
In a new report, HRW documents that Central Asian migrants, mostly from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan working in Russia face ethnic profiling, arbitrary arrests, and harassment by police and private actors, including far-right nationalist groups.
March 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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
Made a small contribution to this report, but it includes some first-hand testimonies of the horrible situations faced by migrants in RU
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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.
My Daily Brief...
📰 Read: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
🔊 Listen: www.hrw.org/video-photos...
My Daily Brief...
📰 Read: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
🔊 Listen: www.hrw.org/video-photos...
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 ...
www.hrw.org
March 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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.
My Daily Brief...
📰 Read: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
🔊 Listen: www.hrw.org/video-photos...
My Daily Brief...
📰 Read: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
🔊 Listen: www.hrw.org/video-photos...
My new @hrw.org report on rising #xenophobia against #CentralAsian labor migrants in #Russia is out today, please check it out:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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!
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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!
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...
www.hrw.org
March 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My new @hrw.org report on rising #xenophobia against #CentralAsian labor migrants in #Russia is out today, please check it out:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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!
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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!
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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.”
“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.”
February 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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.”
“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.”
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#Kyrgyzstan and #Tajikistan settle border dispute that sparked clashes. Long-awaited news for Central Asia!
Big thanks @tumarov.bsky.social
for the detailed comments
Follow the link to check my latest for @reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Big thanks @tumarov.bsky.social
for the detailed comments
Follow the link to check my latest for @reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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.
www.reuters.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#Kyrgyzstan and #Tajikistan settle border dispute that sparked clashes. Long-awaited news for Central Asia!
Big thanks @tumarov.bsky.social
for the detailed comments
Follow the link to check my latest for @reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Big thanks @tumarov.bsky.social
for the detailed comments
Follow the link to check my latest for @reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Checks out - our own research @hrw.org led us to similar conclusions. Report is coming in March - watch this space
Russia is further tightening regulations for Central Asian migrant laborers, limiting the jobs they can do, and urging Central Asians coming to work in Russia not to bring their families.
Central Asian Migrants Face Harsh Treatment at Moscow's Sakharovo Detention Center - Foreign Policy Research Institute
The lives of Central Asian migrant laborers in Russia have become much worse since the terrorist attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall on March 22, 2024, that
buff.ly
February 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Checks out - our own research @hrw.org led us to similar conclusions. Report is coming in March - watch this space
February 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM