David Trilling

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[David Trilling @dtrilling]

"Increasingly populated by the religiously semi-literate," Tajikistan "could not be more ideal for recruiters from militant organizations like the Islamic State."
Great stuff from @Peter__Leonard
https://t.co/DYQYU6KgDz

[Peter Leonard @Peter__Leonard]

Tajikistan's president said today that Crocus massacre was a reminder that Tajiks need to pay more attention to the education of their children. As I explain in my Substack newsletter (please subscribe), his education policies helped cause this tragedy
https://t.co/ccvR9KSjAC

[Guernica Magazine @GuernicaMag]

In the latest of our postcard series on climate change, @dtrilling arrives at another kind of edge — a river run dry on the border of Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan. In @ajcomjr’s “The Smoke Went Up,”pedicab driver brooks depression & hitches along with tourists in New Orleans pedicab.

[David Trilling @dtrilling]

Nice to see the project I’ve been working on with @WinstonChen highlighted by the Boston Globe. https://t.co/1jXkTvRvp8

[Aigerim Toleukhanova @aygeryma]

This week EurasiaChat is hosted by our Central Asia editor @Peter__Leonard and Alisher Khamidov. Both talk extensively about very interesting topics. Make sure to listen to this episode! You’ll learn a lot about all Central Asian countries, especially Turkmenistan!

[Eurasianet @eurasianet]

In our latest podcast: Uzbeks are outraged to learn that sexual abuse at an orphanage was swept under the carpet, a story of separatism in Kazakhstan is convenient for the authorities, and Tajikistan’s president needs friends. https://t.co/b7khQK4Goi

[Tom Parfitt @parfitt_tom]

Very chuffed to reveal the cover of my forthcoming memoir (July 20, 2023), High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia’s Haunted Hinterland.
If so inclined (and I would be very grateful), you can steal a march on your friends and pre-order it here: https://t.co/cKYnS3nc1F

[Mihra Rittmann @MihraRittmann]

It’s worth repeating over and over again - no one has been charged with causing any of the 21 deaths in the #Karakalpakstan events last summer. Where is justice and accountability for the lives lost?

[Nurbek Bekmurzaev @noorofureyes]

My latest piece for Eurasianet on pressure faced by exiled Russians in Bishkek for their anti-war stance. На двух стульях сидеть все-таки сложно и очень неудобно.

Kyrgyzstan: Exiled Russians facing pressure for anti-war stance https://t.co/1QhPalWNqM

[Bruce Pannier @BrucePannier]

A big thanks to @Forum_18 for their reporting on repression against GBAO Ismaili community, which was the basis of information for the second report in this newsletter. Forum 18 has been doing incredible work on religious freedom for many years.🙏

[David Trilling @dtrilling]

Nice, in-depth update here on new momentum in the Azerbaijan/Karabakh peace talks. By @lilithiumm_ and @Heydarisayev
https://t.co/X3bj0lhL9k

[Chris Rickleton @ChrisRickleton]

https://t.co/ZmM5GUhfwy Reexports To Russia: How The Ukraine War Made Trade Boom In Kyrgyzstan. With @Azattyk_Radiosu for @RFERL

[natalia antelava @antelava]

Make this piece by @georgelomsadze your weekend read. It is just so wonderful on so many levels https://t.co/XXGKx8bw4q

[Joanna Lillis @joannalillis]

If you can, please donate to this fundraiser to help people hit by an avalanche in in Badakhshan, #Tajikistan
https://t.co/nZ8yYowzbr

[Jen Brick Murtazashvili @jmurtazashvili]

We know Afghanistan is no longer a priority for the US, but this twitter account rubs salt in all the fresh wounds.

[David Trilling @dtrilling]

Uzbekistan has a cadre of loyal bloggers it can use to spin any critical reporting. https://t.co/7waN2NtFUB

[Carl Schreck @CarlSchreck]

Uzbek gov response to @RFERL @ozodlik exposé on how Russia/Uzbek insiders cash in on Uzbek gas: 1) invite select bloggers/media for private 5hr chat; 2) invited journos zero in (so far) on ONE alleged error in the report.

A🧵on this misleading bid to undermine the report:
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[Bradley Mayhew @bradley_mayhew]

30 mins of ambient sounds from a train ride across the Kazakh steppe. That this kind of thing can even exist these days is a wonderful thing. https://t.co/YvxMgdGb8D

[Eurasianet @eurasianet]

A court in Uzbekistan has handed down a heavy sentence to the man that authorities say whipped up deadly unrest in the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan in July. Deep doubts linger over the fairness of the trial, however https://t.co/Kf66iSRYeZ