Deadly precedent

Deadly precedent

As Kyrgyzstan flirts with restoring the death penalty, activists warn that political expediency is trumping justice – and setting a perilous precedent for rights across the region. Report by Gabriella Jozwiak.

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NI 559 - The new nuclear arms race - January, 2026
Shut up

Shut up

Kyrgyzstan's shift from democratic beacon to authoritarian clampdown, by Katie Marie Davies.

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NI 549 - Debt: which way out? - May, 2024
Singled out

Singled out

Activist sex workers in Kyrgyzstan face targeted persecution.

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NI 533 - Food justice: who gets to eat? - September, 2021
Clockwise from top left: Two members of the Taz clan take part in a wrestling match at their annual two-day festival at Song Kol Lake, in Naryn Province, which also includes family storytelling, dancing and horse-riding games; a woman milks a mare in the Kyrgyz Alatau range (part of the Tien Shan mountains) – she will make a fermented drink called kunus from the milk; two girls by the roadside near Kazarman; beekeeper Victor inspects his 120 hives in Sary-Chelek, in the western province of Jalal-Abad.Photos: Tim Dirven/Panos

Country Profile: Kyrgyzstan

The photos, facts, and politics of Kyrgyzstan.

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NI 531 - Vaccine equality - May, 2021
Celebrating at a wedding in Jalalabad.Nick Megoran

Kyrgyzstan

Nick Megoran revisits one of the poorest of the former Soviet republics and finds that instability, corruption and ethnic tensions remain.

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NI 450 - Time for a fair economy - March, 2012

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The new nuclear arms race January, 2026
Debt: which way out? May, 2024
Food justice: who gets to eat? September, 2021
Vaccine equality May, 2021
Time for a fair economy March, 2012
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