{"id":41261,"date":"2022-01-03T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/?p=41261"},"modified":"2023-03-30T17:17:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T15:17:41","slug":"american-researcher-banned-from-entry-into-kazakhstan-for-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/kazakhstan\/american-researcher-banned-from-entry-into-kazakhstan-for-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"American researcher banned from entry into Kazakhstan for five years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>In an announcement made on September 4, the founder of Xinjiang Victims Database, which gathers information on the Uyghur victims of Chinese repression, stated that he has been banned from entering the territory of Kazakhstan. The reasons for this have yet to be given by the Kazakh government.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>This article was originally published on <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/novastan.org\/fr\/kazakhstan\/ouighours-un-chercheur-americain-interdit-dentrer-au-kazakhstan-pour-cinq-ans\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Novastan\u2019s French website<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b> on 16 September 2021.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\"><i>I\u2019ve been banned from entering Kazakhstan for 5 years. Found out about this just now<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.\u201d Those are the words Evgeny Bunin used to share the news on <\/span><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100006656040045\/posts\/3130047573893747\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"en-US\">his Facebook account<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> from <\/span><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Almaty\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Almaty<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> International Airport, one of the biggest cities in South-East Kazakhstan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hp-newsletter col-span-3 lg:col-span-1 flex flex-col bg-primary-100 border-t-8 border-secondary-500 rounded-lg justify-center items-center lg:items-stretch px-6 py-6 gap-4 box-border\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"flex\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"enveloppe\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"far fa-envelope text-5xl text-secondary-300\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"formulaire_nl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"font-bold text-xl block\">The whole of Central Asia in your inbox\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our free weekly newsletter\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<form class=\"flex w-3\/4 lg:w-full\" action=\"https:\/\/us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=6a15a2256d412b041fdec39e8&amp;id=d479236523\" method=\"post\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" target=\"_blank\" novalidate=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"flex-grow py-2 px-3 border border-primary-300 rounded-l\" type=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email\" name=\"EMAIL\" id=\"mce-EMAIL\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"bg-secondary-500 py-2 px-3 text-white rounded-r-md border border-secondary-500\" type=\"submit\" value=\"\" name=\"subscribe\">Register<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/form>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"underline text-secondary-700\">Click here for the latest issue\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- newsletter -->\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">A Russian-American researcher, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Evgeny <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Bunin is famous for creating the database <\/span><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/shahit.biz\/eng\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Shahit.biz<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> in September 2018 which has registered next to 24&nbsp;thousand<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">s<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> victims of Chinese repression, notably <\/span><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ou%C3%AFghours\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Uyghurs<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> \u2013 largely Muslim, Turkish-speaking people suffering persecution based on ethnic and religious belonging. The NGO <\/span><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/fr\/news\/2018\/09\/09\/chine-repression-massive-dans-une-region-majorite-musulmane\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Human Rights Watch<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> believes that nearly one million people are being held captive in Chinese re-education camps.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>A familiar-looking entry ban<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Evgeny Bunin has already been banned from entering a country in the past. In 2019 and 2020, he was denied entry into Uzbekistan. The border guards who gave him official notice that he was not permitted to enter also told him about a \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>personal ban<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.\u201d \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>It all probably started when I met political scientist Anwar Nazir and his journalist and activist friends<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">,\u201d he said in an interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fergana.media\/articles\/112360\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><span lang=\"en-US\">Fergana <\/span><\/u><\/span><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><span lang=\"en-US\">News,<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> a Russian media specialized on Central Asia<\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">He also told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fergana.media\/articles\/112360\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><span lang=\"en-US\">Fergana <\/span><\/u><\/span><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><span lang=\"en-US\">News<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\"> that he had to leave China for political reasons in 2018. \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>The Chinese authorities made me leave Kashgar, where I lived at the time. That was done indirectly rather than directly: they closed down the inn that I was staying at. They had everyone go away, but all the others managed to find a place to live, which, for some reason, I couldn\u2019t. Everywhere I went, there were always \u201cgood\u201d reasons why I couldn\u2019t stay. Eventually I had to leave Xinjiang; there was no other choice<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Reached out<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> by Novastan, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Evgeny <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Bunin declined to comment. He stated that he \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>took a step back from society in May and no longer performs public activities, including interviews<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.\u201d As of now, it is unclear whether or not such a ban will have an impact on the database, which remains a major tool for accessing information on the Chinese state\u2019s activities.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Joanna Blain\nWriter for Novastan.org<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Translated from <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/novastan.org\/fr\/kazakhstan\/ouighours-un-chercheur-americain-interdit-dentrer-au-kazakhstan-pour-cinq-ans\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>French<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b> by Andre\u00ef Fedorovsky<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Edited by Fiona Katherine Smith<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><p><em>For more news and analysis from Central Asia, follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Novastan_Eng\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Novastan.org\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/novastan\">Telegram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/fondation-novastan\/\">Linkedin<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/novastanorg\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an announcement made on September 4, the founder of Xinjiang Victims Database, which gathers information on the Uyghur victims of Chinese repression, stated that he has been banned from entering the territory of Kazakhstan. The reasons for this have yet to be given by the Kazakh government. 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