13 August 2020

• Azerbaijan Says Russia Has Provided Military Goods To Armenia Since Deadly Border Clashes
  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has expressed concern that Russia has provided military supplies to Armenia in the weeks following deadly clashes along the border between the two South Caucasus countries in July.
• Nonviolent Protest Actions Proliferate In Belarus Amid Brutal Postelection Crackdown
  Nonviolent protest actions have been proliferating across Belarus as people continue to protest the official vote tally in the country's August 9 presidential election, results that show incumbent President Alyaksandr Lukashenka winning a landslide reelection victory.
• Despite Minsk's Crackdown, Hungary Says EU Should Pursue 'Dialogue' With Belarus
  Hungary has called on the European Union to pursue "dialogue" with Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
• Tashkent Hires U.S. Firm To Campaign Against Boycott On Uzbek Cotton
  Documentation obtained by RFE/RL shows that Uzbek authorities have paid more than a half-million dollars to a U.S. public-relations firm to run a campaign aimed at lifting an international boycott against Uzbek cotton over the country's use of forced labor to harvest the crop.
• HRW Urges Bishkek Not To Extradite Uzbek Journalist To Tashkent
  Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Kyrgyz authorities not to extradite detained Uzbek journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev to Uzbekistan after he was arrested in Bishkek at Tashkent's request.