Kalbynur Auken, born in Xinjiang in 1981, now lives in the USA. She is a core member of Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization and a regular columnist for Bitter Winter,
a magazine on religious liberty and human rights
The French protests that are spreading over Europe are not receiving proper attention. The explanation that students all over France, with the disturbances spreading into Italy and Belgium, are burning down historic
Sri Lanka lost an estimated Rs 29.5 billion in potential tax revenue in 2025 because of illicit factory-made cigarette consumption, according to an economic assessment by Oxford Economics, which estimates that illegal products accounted for 20% of the market despite
A familiar storm gathers Sri Lanka’s inflation reached 8% in September 2026, above the Central Bank’s 3–7% target band for a third straight month,
More than 25 years after the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, women’s representation in multilateral peace operations
Kazakhstan, a country that likes to present itself as a bridge between East and West, has once again shown how fragile that bridge can be when Beijing leans too heavily on one
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