Kyrgyzstan News » Osh News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Events: In Kyrgyzstan’s Osh, Lenin statue goes 34 years after Soviet collapse
News channel or source: https://eurasianet.org/in-kyrgyzstans-osh-lenin-statue-goes-34-years-after-soviet-collapse
Published on: Tuesday 10 June 2025
For 50 years, a 23-meter, 7.5-ton statue of Vadimir Lenin swept his arm out over Kyrgyzstan’s second city of Osh from a perch above the central square. Then one morning, he disappeared. Residents of ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Events: Kyrgyzstan's Niqab Ban: Dozens Of Women Fined, Hundreds Warned In Police Raids
News channel or source: https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-crackdown-niqab-islam-women/33515551.html
Published on: Monday 01 September 2025
Police in Kyrgyzstan have issued hefty fines and official warnings to hundreds of women wearing the niqab, a face veil that is banned in the Muslim-majority country. At least 29 women were each fined ...