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Kyrgyzstan Sees Homophobic Backlash after Report on Gay Abuse

Copyright show:  No A detailed report accusing Kyrgyzstan’s police of systematically abusing and extorting money from gay men appears to have provoked a backlash against the country’s LGBT...

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Kyrgyz Government Falls As Coalition Partner Withdraws

Copyright show:  Hide copyrights Kyrgyzstan's Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party has announced its withdrawal from the ruling coalition, which means the government has effectively been dissolved. Ata-Meken...

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With Americans Taking Off, Kyrgyzstan Mulls Selling Airports to Russia

Copyright show:  No Russia’s state-run oil giant Rosneft wants to purchase a majority stake in the state-controlled company that owns all of Kyrgyzstan’s civilian airports. The negotiations are stoking...

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Kyrgyzstan: Russian ’Information Wars’ Heating Up

Copyright show:  No Relative to other Central Asian states, Kyrgyzstan has a fairly free and perennially noisy domestic media scene. Even so, Kyrgyz outlets tend to be no match for Russian...

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Kyrgyzstan: Can Hunting Reform Stop Tourist Scams?

Copyright show:  No Two years ago, Steve Presnal’s dream came true when he embarked on a hunt for Siberian ibex in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan Mountains. With two friends, the 49-year-old from the US state...

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For One Syrian Family, Kyrgyzstan Offers Bittersweet Refuge

Copyright show:  No When Olga Ladanova moved to Damascus 10 years ago to marry a Syrian citizen and start a family, she held on to her Kyrgyz citizenship. These days, her family credits her passport...

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Kyrgyzstan: After the Revolution Came the Cranes

Copyright show:  No Residents of a five-story, Soviet-era apartment block in central Bishkek gathered outside recently to protest the construction of a penthouse on top of their building. read more

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Kyrgyzstan: Arbitration Suits Weighing Bishkek Down

Copyright show:  No The Kyrgyz government’s penchant for trying to revise deals with foreign investors stands to have a big financial backlash. An assortment of angry investors anticipates winning...

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Kyrgyzstan: Political Elites Cling On as New Election Cycle Starts

Copyright show:  No Persistent institutional chaos is undermining public confidence in Kyrgyzstan’s parliamentary republic as the country enters a new political cycle.  Observers fear parliamentary...

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Kyrgyzstan Debates Death Penalty for Child Abusers

Copyright show:  No The rape of a two-year-old Bishkek boy earlier in January is fueling a nationwide debate: should Kyrgyzstan reintroduce capital punishment for such heinous crimes? While passions...

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