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Exclusive: Front Line Defenders report says rights defenders working in sex industry face ‘targeted attacks’ around the world‘I’m scared of being killed’: sex worker activists speak outSex worker activists are among the most at risk defenders of human …
Read MoreHeaviest clashes in years between the two countries over disputed border leave 40 dead and 175 injuredA ceasefire on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan appeared to be holding on Friday after a day of intense fighting between the two former So…
Read MoreFleeing to Kyrgyzstan in the 1960s, communities established mosques and villages but the local leaders, or dzhigit-beshchis, are a dying breedDzhigit-beshchi is the name Uighur people in Kyrgyzstan give to the leader they elect for their mahallah – or …
Read MoreLife was hard in this remote area of central Asia, until tourism offered new hope. Then Covid-19 struck and the visitors stopped comingPhotographs by Danil UsmanovIt has been over a decade since Umar Tashbekov saw his opportunity. His village, Sary-Mog…
Read MoreNationalist politician made PM amid protests to lead country until elections next yearSadyr Japarov, a nationalist politician who until last week was serving an 11-year jail term on kidnapping charges, has been confirmed as president of Kyrgyzstan afte…
Read MoreSooronbay Jeenbekov announces resignation as fallout from disputed election continuesKyrgyzstan’s president, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, has resigned after violent protests erupted over parliamentary election results, saying he had no desire to go down in his…
Read MoreSooronbay Jeenbekov announces resignation as fallout from disputed election continuesKyrgyzstan’s president, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, has resigned after violent protests erupted over parliamentary election results, saying he had no desire to go down in his…
Read MoreDecision follows protests that left one dead and nearly 600 injured A violent protest in the wake of elections in Kyrgyzstan has left the country in political turmoil, with opposition forces declaring themselves in charge and the president clinging on …
Read MoreProtesters occupied the presidential palace and parliament building in Kyrgyzstan’s capital early on Tuesday, angry over the results of weekend parliamentary elections. Demonstrators clashed with police in Bishkek following vote-rigging allegation…
Read MoreAt least 120 injured in clashes between demonstrators and police in Bishkek over claims parliamentary poll was riggedPeople protesting against the results of a parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan have broken into a parliamentary complex and security h…
Read MoreOlder patients turned away or left untreated, while domestic abuse is also rising, leading charity reportsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen Souzi Bondeko’s grandfather started showing symptoms of Covid-19 and was struggli…
Read MorePeople around the world marked International Women’s Day on Sunday with rallies, marches and protests. In London, topless protesters formed a human chain on Waterloo bridge to highlight the vulnerability of women in the face of the climate crisis. In K…
Read MorePolice detained dozens of protesters on Sunday shortly after journalists witnessed them being attacked. The activists gathered in one of the squares of the capital, Bishkek, when masked men, some of whom wore traditional Kyrgyz white felt hats, attacke…
Read MoreAlmazbek Atambayev surrended to police last week after deadly clash during raidProsecutors have charged Kyrgyzstan’s former president Almazbek Atambayev with murder and causing mass unrest after a deadly clash last week with security forces who were se…
Read MorePrevious attempt to arrest Almazbek Atambayev led to fighting between soldiers and his supportersPolice in Kyrgyzstan have detained the former presidentafter an outbreak of violence during a botched raid on his compound left a police officer dead and n…
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