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Tag: Kyrgyzstan

October 14, 2019

Kyrgyzstan: Atambayev trial begins with more...

Speaking outside the court after the first no-show, Atambayev’s lawyer Sergey Slesarev said that his client “did not want to participate in a show.” Slesarev said Atambayev has refused to cooperate with investigators in other ongoing investigations against him

August 27, 2019

Rolling The Bones In Kyrgyzstan

What do sheep bones, a Khan’s palace, and standing on one foot have in common? They’re all part of the Kyrgyz game of ordo

August 8, 2019

Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek...

Special police forces have stormed the residential compound of former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev and reportedly arrested him following a night of violent clashes. Video footage purports to show Atambaev being taken away by security services in a vehicle

August 2, 2019

‘I Still Have Nightmares’: Kyrgyz Police...

From brutal beatings to suffocation with plastic bags, police in Kyrgyzstan have been accused of using torture tactics on hundreds of people

Slum Kids Of Bishkek

“We have debts to several grocery stores,” says 10-year-old Turdubek. He and his neighbor Aizirek spoke to us about their hard, impoverished lives in the slums of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek

July 3, 2019

Busted! A Fake Cop Keeps Traffic...

He wears a sailor’s hat and general’s epaulettes, but it’s enough to pass himself off as a traffic cop in Kyrgyzstan’s busy capital

June 13, 2019

Modi Visits Kyrgyzstan for SCO Meeting

The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi emplanes for Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic to attend the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

April 27, 2019

All Creatures Wild And Small: A...

resident of Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, has persuaded the city authorities to give him land for a rehabilitation center for rescued wild animals. With the help of volunteers, he saves porcupines, raccoons, foxes, and other animals, and then releases them back them into the wild

March 16, 2019

Rainbow Rage: Kyrgyz Rail Against LGBT...

The peaceful march by some 400 people in central Bishkek on Women’s Day on March 8 promoting women’s rights and “equality for all” was fiercely criticized by socially conservative lawmakers in the predominantly Muslim country

February 6, 2019

Kyrgyzstan’s #MeToo Moment? Moving To Outlaw...

Female lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan plan to introduce a bill to outlaw sexual harassment

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