Sadyr Japarov

The ruling against the award-winning newsroom comes amid a widening crackdown on independent media under President Sadyr...

The sudden removal of Kyrgyzstan’s powerful security chief ends a years-long political alliance that helped shape the...

Kyrgyzstan’s new media law hands sweeping control to the government, raising fears of censorship and shrinking space for...

The Kyrgyz president signed a new law allowing fines for spreading “false information” online just after a court in...

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has signed a law that weakens public scrutiny and grants him more power.

Kyrgyzstan invited, then abruptly canceled—later calling it a postponement—a visit from the EU's Human Rights Subcommittee...

Moldova arrests former Kyrgyz presidential advisor who had requested political asylum after accusing his president of...

The fact that Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court has closed down the foundation that ran one of the country’s most influential...

On October 26, Kyrgyz authorities blocked the website of Radio Azattyk, the Kyrgyz branch of Radio Free Europe/Radio...

About 300 people marched on Monday through Kyrgyzstan’s capital of Bishkek, demanding the release of activists who protested...

The government’s initial silence about the export of a record amount of gold to an undisclosed client last year raised...

Kyrgyzstan’s government, long known as Central Asia’s most democratic, is becoming less and less transparent — and the...