BISHKEK -- A Turkish-Kyrgyz educator who was abducted by Turkish agents in Kyrgyzstan in 2021 has been sentenced to 21 years in prison on a charge of "establishing an armed terrorist group," Turkish ...

Following an overhaul of Kyrgyzstan’s electoral system in June, there is talk of dissolving parliament and holding early elections. The Kyrgyz parliament’s mandate technically lasts until November ...

An order from Kyrgyzstan’s Culture Ministry to block access to the Kloop news website has come into effect, furthering darkening the clouds over a shrinking landscape for independent journalism. The ...

Crowds gathered on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, waiting to cross it for the first time since 2021. People could finally be reunited with their family members after President of ...

Police officials in Kyrgyzstan continue to evade accountability for inaction that may have contributed to the death of Aizada Kanatbekova at the hands of her “bride kidnapper” in April 2021. On ...

While the world has been watching talks aimed at ending Russia’s three-year full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two Central Asian countries have been quietly working to consign a long and sometimes bloody ...

Between 2021 and 2025, the number of passengers served at airports on domestic and international flights in Kyrgyzstan increased by 52%. According to Adylbek Kasymaliev, Chairman of the Cabinet of ...

The raids began before dawn on November 22. Masked special forces troops broke through the doors across Kyrgyzstan, dragging off leading opposition figures from the Social Democrats, a former first ...