Kyrgyzstan News News Kyrgyzstan » People: In Kyrgyzstan, creeping authoritarianism rubs up against proud tradition of people power
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan loom over the people of Bishkek. Contributor/Getty Images The ...
News Kyrgyzstan » People: Kyrgyz Media Under Increasing Pressure, But ‘Kloop Will Continue Its Work’
Last month, over the course of two days Kyrgyz authorities carried out raids on the homes and offices of more than dozen journalists in Bishkek, ultimately detaining 11 journalists associated with ...
News Kyrgyzstan » People: Can the internet save traditional rug-making in Kyrgyzstan?
Women in the village of Bayl say their families have been making rugs for centuries, at least. But with growing access to cheap factory-made rugs in the post-Soviet era, not as many people in ...
News Kyrgyzstan » People: Kyrgyzstan agrees on action plan to cut and prevent statelessness
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, September 22 (UNHCR) - Kyrgyzstan agreed on Tuesday to adopt a concrete plan of action to cut and prevent statelessness in a country where the nationality status of thousands of ...
News Kyrgyzstan » People: I discovered why people fled China to Kyrgyzstan
Welcome to Karakol (Каракол), a provincial town in eastern Kyrgyzstan. Founded as a Russian military outpost in 1869, Karakol experienced significant growth in the 19th century as explorers mapped the ...
News Kyrgyzstan » People: New Wave Authoritarianism in Kyrgyzstan
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the West had high hopes for the success of democracy in Central Asia. Central Asian leaders, although exhibiting many classic authoritarian features, ...
News Kyrgyzstan » People: Kyrgyzstan: People’s assembly lambasted as power grab
In mid-December, Kyrgyzstan will hold the maiden session of the People’s Kurultai, a new permanent branch of government willed into existence by President Sadyr Japarov. Japarov began promoting this ...
News Kyrgyzstan » People: 75,000 people still displaced in Kyrgyzstan one month on from violence
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 16 (UNHCR) - A month after violence forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in southern Kyrgyzstan, UNHCR estimates that some 75,000 people there are still ...
News Kyrgyzstan » People: Photos show an epic endurance race celebrating the bond between people and horses in Kyrgyzstan
SONG-KÖL LAKE, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — For equestrian riders, the endurance race known as the Gallops is the ultimate test of stamina and self-discipline. First hosted in India in 2019, the event challenges ...
News Kyrgyzstan » People: This Indigenous Language Survived Russian Occupation. Can It Survive YouTube?
When anthropology researcher Ashley McDermott was doing fieldwork in Kyrgyzstan a few years ago, she says many people voiced the same concern: Children were losing touch with their indigenous language ...