Widespread use of torture, deaths in police custody, dismal prison conditions—it's time for Kyrgyzstan to take action on the rampant abuses within its justice system.
Posts Tagged “Central Asia”
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Disability in Kyrgyzstan, like the rest of Central Asia, is stigmatizing. But thanks to the public advocacy efforts of local organizations as well as disabled people themselves, attitudes are beginning to shift.
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A new film looks at the cost of labor migration for women in Kyrgyzstan and aims to bring renewed attention to the country's once-heralded film industry.
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In Mongolia, a landlocked country in Asia of just over 2.7 million people, studying anthropology is still considered a relatively new phenomenon.
Posted in: Asia, Education & Youth
Topics: anthropology, Central Asia, higher education, Luis Montero, Mongolia
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The first-ever Social Innovation Camp brought together people, ideas, and digital tools to try to solve some of the most pressing problems facing the region—from human rights violations to environmental protection.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Media & Arts, Rights & Justice
Topics: Central Asia, digital activism, digital media, Internet, Kyrgyzstan, Lira Samykbaeva, Rachel Hart, Social Innovation Camp
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Despite President Obama's soaring promises of a new chapter in American diplomacy, are we in reality maintaining a traditional, short-sighted, interest-based approach in Central Asia?
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Azerbaijan's victory in the Eurovision song contest brings welcome attention to this often-ignored country. But that success comes at a time when the government has been clamping down on the right of ordinary people to make their voices heard.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Governance & Accountability, Media & Arts, Rights & Justice
Topics: Azerbaijan, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, Central Asia, Elnur Majidi, EU, European Parliament, European Union, Eurovision, freedom of expression, Jabbar Savalan, Jacqueline Hale, media independence, press freedom, video
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The police sector in Central Asia is in serious need of reform, but Western reform projects bring with them their own kinds of problems.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Central Asia, Cornelius Graubner, human rights, Kyrgyzstan, OSCE, police abuse, police reform, pretrial detention, Uzbekistan
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Following last year's uprising in Kyrgyzstan, local NGO leaders were committed to finding a way to expand Twitter's reach by making it more accessible and affordable. Tweet.kg was born.
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The European Union's willingness to meet with Central Asian tyrants, whose little-known regimes deprive citizens of their basic rights, is worrisome.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Governance & Accountability
Topics: Central Asia, EU, Europe, European Union, human rights, Islam Karimov, Jacqueline Hale, Uzbekistan
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