Oppression and Strife in Central Asia

Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law
Speaker
February 11, 2003

Yevgeny Zhovtis, one of Kazakhstan's most prominent human rights activists, has been director of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law for almost a decade. He has produced more than 40 publications on the problems of democratization and economic transformation, the human rights situation, and the rule of law in Kazakhstan. Most recently, Zhovtis served as defense counsel to Sergei Duvanov, the independent journalist who as recently sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

Senior Analyst, the International Crisis Group
Speaker
February 12, 2003

Filip Noubel joined the International Crisis Group (ICG) in July 2002 after working as a journalist in Central Asia. He was editor of the Times of Central Asia and, more recently, director of the Kyrgyzstan office of Internews, a broadcasting project. He has also worked for the United Nations reporting service IRIN and has a particular interest in humanitarian aid and conflict. In previous posts, he worked in Nepal and China. He studied Far Eastern languages in Paris and China.