Still image from “Central Asia at History’s Crossroads.”
In this video, Anton Artemyev, Vladyslav Galushko, Nargis Kassenova, and others discuss grassroots organizing and the region’s future.
Central Asia’s long history of foreign and domestic repression is well known. Less appreciated, but just as important, is the on-the-ground progress happening across the region every day by civil society activists.
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