DEC. 14 2022 (The Bulletin) — Four Kyrgyz women activists arrested in October after protesting against a border deal with Uzbekistan that settled a dispute over a reservoir started a hunger strike. They said that they were protesting against political repression. Political activists have warned that free speech in Kyrgyzstan is being crimped.
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— This story was published in issue 531 of the Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin, on Dec. 19 2022
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