It may look like an ordinary building site but Akmatbek Uraimov's new house in Kyrgyzstan is being built with blocks of rice.

On Wednesday, a Kyrgyzstan court ordered the liquidation of independent broadcaster Aprel TV, terminating its broadcasting and social media operations. The ruling was borne out of a lawsuit filed by ...

A series of developments in Kyrgyzstan threaten to further curb freedom of expression and the media, ten organizations ...

Kyrgyzstan is planning to build a NPP together with Rosatom and is in the process of choosing a site for its deployment.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan was absent, as Yerevan continues to weigh formally leaving the organization after ...

We, the undersigned human rights groups, are deeply alarmed by the June 25 decision of the parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic ...

Sanctions enforcement continues to rely on static lists of named entities and accounts when evasion networks are built to ...

A district court in Bishkek ordered the closure July 9 of April TV – a Russian-language outlet that broadcast on YouTube and ...

Deccan Gold Mines Ltd announced that its Altyn Tor Gold project in Kyrgyzstan has reached a significant construction ...

Kyrgyzstan’s parliament on June 25, 2025, passed two draft laws that threaten to significantly weaken media freedom and protection against torture in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Kyrgyz president signed a new law allowing fines for spreading “false information” online just after a court in Kyrgyzstan ordered the closure of independent broadcaster April TV for allegedly inc ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday reported that Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has passed two bills that allow the authorities to restrict media activities without judicial oversight and merge the country’s ...