Newly elected Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov told supporters on October 15 that the country’s presidency had passed to him after the resignation of President Sooronbai Jeenbekov earlier the same day
Volunteers in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, say they have stopped attacks by looters amid a power vacuum in the Central Asian nation. The volunteers, who organized through social-media channels, said they had to step in to protect buildings and property as police had vanished from many areas. Kyrgyzstan’s government resigned after mass protests over parliamentary elections many saw as rigged
The Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security, or GKNB, said it received assurances from their Uzbek partners that Abdullayev would not be ill-treated. The journalist reported being subjected to physical and torture after his arrest in September 2017
Medical staff in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan say they are continuing to struggle to treat COVID-19 patients and lack critical medicine, equipment, and staff. In a local hospital, most staff have been infected and several have died
One, which surfaced last week, shows an assault on a pair of Pakistani medical volunteers by a group of Kyrgyz men. Another was self-filmed by a group of Kyrgyz expatriates in Russia, who warn in the footage they will beat up any Kyrgyz women who date men of other ethnicities.
It’s been 10 years since Azimjon Askarov was arrested by Kyrgyz security forces in connection with ethnic Uzbek-Kyrgyz clashes that first erupted in the city of Osh. The violence left hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. His wife, Khadicha Askarova, told RFE/RL that in that time “our grandchildren have been born. Some of them have passed away.” A court in Bishkek recently upheld the ethnic Uzbek human rights activist’s life sentence, despite international pressure for his release
Ever since officials declared the coronavirus state of emergency here in Kyrgyzstan, soldiers and police have been patrolling the streets. People on the streets must present them their papers and a self-declaration form showing where they have come from and where they are headed, and why
Kyrgyzstan declared a state of emergency in its cities and some regions, aiming to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures, which take effect on March 25..The Serbian Army began preparing 3000 beds for people diagnosed with coronavirus
The first three cases were reported on March 18. The men – who are aged 70, 62 and 46 – flew back to Kyrgyzstan on March 12 and were made to undergo a test before being allowed to self-isolate in their homes in the village of Blagoveschensk, in the Suzak district of Jala-Abad region
Some 170 people being held in quarantine at a former U.S. military base in Kyrgyzstan have complained of mold, bad smells, and a lack of heating. The issue was raised in the parliament after inhabitants sent videos showing the conditions to the media