Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published their press freedom index this month, highlighting the region-wide crackdown on freedom of expression in Central Asia. While Turkmenistan remains at the bottom of the table, the scores of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have all plummeted compared to last year.
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During Kazakhstan’s Bloody January two years ago, security forces shot against each other and this, alongside gaps in the judicial system in the investigation and prosecution of the events, tells the story that they were only ready to protect their own political regimes, not the population.
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