Kyrgyzstan

New Quranic School Opens in Kyrgyzstan’s Osh Region ————————————- A new Quranic school has been inaugurated in the Myrza-Ake area of Uzgen city in Kyrgyzstan’s Osh Region, aiming to expand access to Quranic education and religious studies for local communities.…

CPJ Condemns Sentencing of Journalists in Kyrgyzstan ———————————— The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the sentencing of two journalists in Kyrgyzstan, Joomart Duulatov and Aleksandr Aleksandrov, to five years in prison, Jurist News reported. The journalists, who worked…

HRW Urges Kyrgyz President to Veto Bills Threatening Media Freedom and Anti-Torture Protections ……………….. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov to veto two new laws passed by parliament that threaten media freedom and weaken protections…

Amnesty International has called on Kyrgyzstan to dismiss politically motivated charges against independent journalists from Temirov LIVE and Ayt Ayt Dese, who face up to six years in prison, Jurist News reported yesterday. Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty’s acting director for Eastern…