Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, also known as Kirghizia (in Russian), is a landlocked country in Central Asia. It is bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China. Its capital and largest city is Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan's history spans a variety of cultures and empires. Although geographically isolated by its highly mountainous terrain, Kyrgyzstan has been at the crossroads of several great civilizations as part of the Silk Road and other commercial routes. Inhabited by a succession of tribes and clans, Kyrgyzstan has periodically fallen under larger domination. Between periods of self-government it was ruled by Göktürks, the Uyghur Empire and the …
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Amnesty International · 4 October 2024 English
Ukrainian teachers in Russian-occupied territories have been faced with the agonizing choice between fleeing their homes or being forced to deliver a curriculum that aims to indoctrinate students with Russian …
exposes failures to protect exiled activists Kyrgyzstan: Drop baseless charges against Temirov LIVE and …
Pew Research Center · 3 October 2024 English
Just 13 UN member countries are currently led by women; in 9 of those 13, the current leader is the country’s first woman head of government.
when five countries – Australia, Costa Rica, Kyrgyzstan, Slovakia, and Trinidad and Tobago – were led …
FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 3 October 2024 English
Historically, Russia has done everything it can to keep countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union in its so-called “sphere of influence” as far from the West’s orbit …
Interested in Kyrgyzstan: Central Asia’s Island of Democracy Sinks Into Authoritarianism Kyrgyzstan: Central … Author Executive Summary In the early 1990s, Kyrgyzstan was often referred to as... READ MOREForeign …
Amnesty International · 3 October 2024 English
The Togolese authorities must immediately conduct an investigation into the serious violence that took place on 29 September during a conference organized by the opposition political party Convention Démocratique des …
exposes failures to protect exiled activists Kyrgyzstan: Drop baseless charges against Temirov LIVE and …
GFATM: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria · 3 October 2024 English
Over the last two decades, the impact achieved The study found that: by the Global Fund partnership has led to dramatic improvements in life expectancy in many of the • …
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Amnesty International · 2 October 2024 English
Amnesty International today designated three prominent human rights defenders from Hong Kong and mainland China as prisoners of conscience. Human rights lawyers Chow Hang-tung and Ding Jiaxi, along with the …
exposes failures to protect exiled activists Kyrgyzstan: Drop baseless charges against Temirov LIVE and …
Amnesty International · 2 October 2024 English
The self-proclaimed Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) must reveal the fate and whereabouts of former Minister of Defence Al-Mahdi al-Barghathi and 18 of his relatives and supporters who were abducted …
exposes failures to protect exiled activists Kyrgyzstan: Drop baseless charges against Temirov LIVE and …
CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 2 October 2024 English
When conflict-affected countries have a democratic opening, U.S. policymakers need to better understand and incorporate the many factors at play—local actors and power structures, emerging powers and their interests, and …
in Yemen and supporting those in Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan. She is a 2023-2024 International Affairs Fellow …
Amnesty International · 2 October 2024 English
Responding to the charges of incitement against journalist Mech Dara following his arrest by military police, Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Regional Director for Research Kate Schuetze said: “The charges against …
exposes failures to protect exiled activists Kyrgyzstan: Drop baseless charges against Temirov LIVE and …
Amnesty International · 2 October 2024 English
Reacting to the fatal stabbing of Azerbaijani human rights defender Vidadi Isgandarli in France, where he had been living in exile, Natalia Nozadze, Amnesty International’s Researcher for South Caucasus, said: …
exposes failures to protect exiled activists Kyrgyzstan: Drop baseless charges against Temirov LIVE and …
