A women’s discussion political club is going to submit for
consideration in parliament the question of legalization of commercial
sex.
“We’ve met with the leaders of the parliament factions. The
leader of the Social-democratic party of Kyrgyzstan Bakyt Beshimov
told us about his willingness to examine this question”, told Kalicha
Umuralieva, the leader of the women’s club.
Galina Kulikova, a deputy […]

Tolekan Ismailova, head of the human rights organization “Citizens Against Corruption” states that the number of illegal arrests and detentions have rapidly increased in Bishkek lately. Human rights activists decided to make several visits to the police temporary detention center in Bishkek under the assistance of the Human Rights Commission under Kyrgyz President.
The conditions […]

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 […]

Three days ago three young members of the campaign “I don’t believe” were detained by police while they were posting leaflets, informs AKIPress.  The co-chair of Alliance of Liberal Youth “Free Generation” Mirsulzhan Namazaliev said that the police explained that posting the leaflets on the building of the Parliament equals to vandalism. He then […]

Following on from Bektour’s recent post on the arrest of protesters against the results of elections, here’s an update on the protest campaign. Yesterday, the participants of the campaign “I do not believe!” were arrested again, since they were holding their campaign outside the Central Election Commission in protest against results of the elections, […]

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 […]

The election campaign is in full swing, and all over Kyrgyzstan posters and billboards are promising a bright future for the country and its population. However, between the 12 parties currently running for Parliament, it is often difficult to get a grasp of what their actual political platform is. Slogans are a fine thing […]

 
This is just to give an update to what is going on with the investigation of Almazbek Raimkulov’s case, who was detained in Las-Vegas about two weeks ago. First, the president Kurmanbek Bakiev believes that the top priority of the state should be protection of its citizens’ rights and interests, especially those who live abroad. […]

After the death of famous journalist Alisher Saipov, the Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted an investigation and searched Osh office of Alisher Saipov and came to conclusion that he was in some kind of relationship with religious extremists and the Uzbek opposition. According to the law enforcement bodies, Alisher Saipov harbored Kabul Parpiev, leader of […]

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 […]