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...
View ArticleKyrgyz 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...
View ArticleWith 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...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: 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...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: 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...
View ArticleFor 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...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: 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
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: 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...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: 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...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan 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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