There was a lot of talking about Kyrgyzstan entering the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) program, and finally, USA and Kyrgyzstan signed the agreement on Millennium Challenge Threshold Program. The document was signed between at the White House in Bishkek, informs the official website of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. This program with $16 million budget […]
Yesterday Maxim Kuleshov, Chair of Public association “Peace-Light of Culture” and a human rights activist organized a campaign in support for democracy. However, it was immediately stopped as he was detained by police officers when he was seen with the poster saying: “Dusik, you are not right!” Dusik is the nickname of Bishkek mayor […]
This is a translation of a Russian language news report on Kloop.kg written by Timur Rayimkulov.
The youth protest named “I don’t believe” was held on the 18th of December near the Central Election Committee building. It ended with all 20 participants being arrested by the police. Participants explained their protest as their will to “express […]
As regular readers may have noted, posts concerned with matters such as HIV/AIDs, bride kidnapping, polygamy and sexual minorities have often provoked strong views both in support of the authors’ opinions and against them.
For the vast majority of the time I’m of the opinion that debate - even when opposing views cannot be reconciled […]
Just a quick heads up that Sean Robert’s blog The Roberts Report, has posted an interview with well-known activist Edil Baisalov (who is, incidentally, also a blogger).
The interview covers several themes, including Edil’s thoughts on the “Tulip Revolution”, the forthcoming parliamentary elections in which Edil is running as a candidate on the Social Democratic […]
Our partner, Transitions Online, has published an article by Genderstan blogger Anna Kirey on the situation of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) people in Kyrgyzstan entitled “Dangerous Attraction”.
Whilst there are glimmers of hope that the situation for LGBT people is gradually improving in the country, not least thanks to the activities of activists […]
Our partner, Transitions Online, has posted an interview with Byubyusara Ryskulova by Anna Kirey, who runs Genderstan, a blog about gender in Central Asia.
The interview looks at Ryskulova’s work with the domestic violence crisis centre Sezim, which was founded in April 1998 and is Bishkek’s only such centre. In the last nine years […]
One advantage of late night sleeplessness is listening to the BBC World Service. This evening’s World Service edition of From Our Own Correspondent included a report about child miners in southern Kyrgyzstan:
No one knows the exact number of children working in Kyrgyzstan’s coal mines.
Locals say the government refuses to acknowledge the problem. Officially these […]
(I’m a new author on this site, and although it’s been a while since New Year’s, I hope you’ll forgive me for posting an earlier story about what that particular day was like when 2007 came to Batken…)
In a far-off corner of Kyrgyzstan, the Mayor is facing a strange dilemma. The guest list is looking […]
Ask a Kyrgyz cab driver what the most pressing issue in his country might be, and he won’t bring up constitutional amendments. Nor will he start on the level of religious freedoms, or the lack of objective journalism. Easy to overlook, yet so depressingly obvious, the answer is always one and the same - […]
