Kyrgyzstan

The former freelancer was detained in Bishkek airport when he was going on a short personal trip. He was released after...

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

Kyrgyz authorities are holding a Kloop cameraman without legal access in a secretive detention facility, raising alarm over...

Kyrgyzstan’s ex-leader Almazbek Atambayev was sentenced in absentia for corruption and organizing 2019 riots, amid ongoing...

Ten human rights organizations released a joint statement calling on Kyrgyz authorities to end the crackdown on independent...

Kyrgyz authorities have detained two former employees of the independent media outlet Kloop, placing them in pre-trial...

Kyrgyz authorities have detained six current and former employees of independent media outlet Kloop as part of a widening...

Kyrgyz authorities have detained four current and former members of the investigative outlet Kloop, in a continued crackdown...

Contracts for state-sponsored developments in the Central Asian nation are notoriously opaque, and some have been tied to...

Kyrgyzstan has pardoned investigative journalist Azamat Ishenbekov, who was serving a five-year sentence for allegedly...

A Kazakh citizen is accused of stealing over 230 million tenge ($440,000) by hijacking victims’ bank accounts. Prosecutors...