Dear all -
Just to make people aware, a postgraduate researcher from the University of Toronto, Alexander Sodiqov, has been arrested in Tajikistan whilst conducting interviews for an academic research project. A number of BASEES Committee members have indicated that they would like to support a statement issued by three other organisations (ASEEES, ASN, and ESCAS) to push for his release. As postgraduates, this should be of concern to all of us.
I've attached the ASEEES-ASN-ESCAS statement as a PDF. If anyone without access to the BASEES Committee or its mailing lists has any particular concerns, please let me know and I can pass them on as postgraduate representative.
All the best,
Alistair.
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