>"Good news: @TeamYouTube has provisionally restored our account pending further review. We’re not in the clear yet. But thanks to our supporters for raising awareness about YouTube’s complicity in Turkmenistan’s efforts to stifle free speech"
Eurasianet being sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy (CIA front) probably helped them getting reinstated. The only other way to get FAANG attention other than getting your post on the front page of HN.
Ironically, Google itself [0] is a funding source of this media nonprofit.
[0] https://eurasianet.org/about
Also, here's an update on the OP:
>"Good news: @TeamYouTube has provisionally restored our account pending further review. We’re not in the clear yet. But thanks to our supporters for raising awareness about YouTube’s complicity in Turkmenistan’s efforts to stifle free speech"
https://twitter.com/eurasianet/status/1448687544300802050