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Кыскача мазмуну Кыргыз Республикасы эгемендикке жеткенине 20 жылдан ашып өттү. Ал убакта Кыргызстан Борбордук Азиянын “Швейцариясына” айлануу жана өлкөнү жаңы мүмкүнчүлүктөр үчүн ачуу деген амбициялык программасына ээ болуп, базар экономикасын…
“Күчү жоголуп бараткан укуктар” аттуу басылма бүгүнкү күндө Кыргызстан дуушар болуп жаткан маселелердин масштабын көрсөтүү далалатын ишке ашырды. Саясий аренадагы болуп жаткан окуялар Кыргызстан элине бир эле “кинону” кайталап көрсөтүп…
Ten years on since Syrians rose up against the oppressive Assad regime, a resolution to the devastating conflict that followed does not seem near. The US and the EU continue…
The authorities in Tajikistan have taken George Orwell’s words to the letter, as they have increasingly come to regard media outlets and independent journalists who ask probing questions, attempt to…
Setting the scene: gender (in)equality in Tajikistan Among Central Asian countries, Tajikistan rates lowest in internationally comparable indices of gender equality. With the score of 0.626 in the Global Gender…
The publication of the long awaited Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, entitled ‘Global Britain in a competitive age’, should finally help give greater clarity to the…
Kyrgyzstan has just experienced another period of rapid and chaotic change, the third time the country has overthrown an incumbent President in the last 15 years. This publication shows how…
Introduction: Examining the pressure on human rights in Kyrgyzstan This publication, Retreating Rights, is an attempt to take stock of another period of rapid and chaotic change in Kyrgyzstan,…
On October 5th 2020, several thousand Kyrgyz citizens poured in the main square of the capital Bishkek to denounce fraudulent elections. By the late evening of that day, this unexpected…
As I queue to cast my vote at a local polling station in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital, I am all eyes and ears. I hope to catch anything irregular on…