Following My Dreams: Reflections from WLP’s Central Asia Regional Institute
Maria Kolesnikova is a citizen journalist in Kyrgyzstan and a volunteer with WLP Kyrgyzstan/Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan. She joined women from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan at the WLP...
View ArticleDefending the rights of national minorities in Southern Kyrgyzstan
“I have met and talked to many people with tears flowing, a sign of their internal pain and suffering, and I have also talked to people with physical injuries, an indication they have been physically...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Religion and traditional values
Re: Kyrgyzstan – Defamation campaign and threats against human rights defender Ms Tolekan Ismailova On 14 October 2012, TV channel LTR broadcast a program in which human rights defender Ms Tolekan...
View ArticleDiana
Kyrgyzstan, CAHR, Spring 2011 I am from Kyrgyzstan, in Central Asia. Since becoming independent of the Soviet Union in 1991, the country has been struggling to become a democratic state. It has been at...
View ArticleLeading Kyrgyz Rights Defender Condemns Mufti’s Antigay Fatwa
BISHKEK — A prominent Kyrgyz rights defender has condemned an antigay fatwa issued by the country’s acting grand mufti. Talking to RFE/RL on January 31, Tolekan Ismailova, the director of the group...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Burglary Of The Offices Of “Bir Duino” And Targeted Intimidation...
The Observatory was informed by reliable sources about the second burglary of the offices of the Human Rights Movement “Bir Duino” and targeted intimidation and threats against Ms. Tolekan Ismailova...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: a political retreat
Kurmanbek Bakiyev was once hailed as a democrat, ascending to the presidency of this central Asia republic during the “tulip revolution” of 2005. Without natural resources such as oil or gas to fuel an...
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