Kyrgyzstan
British tourists survive avalanche in Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan
The group of 10 people, including nine from UK, managed to take shelter when avalanche struck
Harry Taylor
11, Jul, 2022 @1:07 AM
Save your breath: traditional Kyrgyz dance helps ease chronic lung disease
Exercise to help COPD hospital patients is being rolled out across Kyrgyzstan and to neighbouring countries
Sarah Johnson
26, May, 2022 @9:30 AM
‘We want the truth’: families of ethnic Pamiris killed in Tajikistan call for justice as tensions rise
Urgent protection for minority groups facing increased repression needed in crisis connected to escalating clashes across central Asian ex-Soviet region, say human rights groups
Lorenzo Tondo
04, Feb, 2022 @12:35 PM
Kidnapped, raped and wed against their will: Kyrgyz women’s fight against a brutal tradition
At least 12,000 women are still abducted and forced into marriage every year in Kyrgyzstan. But pressure is growing to finally end the medieval custom
Mauro Mondello
30, Aug, 2021 @5:00 AM
‘I’m scared of being killed’: sex worker activists speak out
Rights defenders describe threats and abuse while working to protect their communities
Interviews by Sarah Johnson
12, Aug, 2021 @6:30 AM
Sex workers fighting for human rights among world’s most ‘at risk activists’
Exclusive: Front Line Defenders report says rights defenders working in sex industry face ‘targeted attacks’ around the world
Sarah Johnson
12, Aug, 2021 @6:30 AM
'Not enough work, not enough money': can this Kyrgyz village survive without tourists? A picture essay
Life was hard in this remote area of central Asia, until tourism offered new hope. Then Covid-19 struck and the tourists stopped coming
Karen Cirillo
04, Jan, 2021 @7:45 AM
Ex-prisoner Sadyr Japarov confirmed as Kyrgyzstan president
Nationalist politician jailed for kidnapping to lead country until elections next year
Theo Merz in Moscow
16, Oct, 2020 @9:39 AM
Covid-19 intensifies elder abuse globally as hospitals prioritise young
Older patients turned away or left untreated, while domestic abuse is also rising, leading charity reports
Hannah Summers
30, Jun, 2020 @6:15 AM
Kyrgyzstan's former president detained after violent clashes
Previous attempt to arrest Almazbek Atambayev led to fighting between soldiers and his supporters
Andrew Roth in Moscow and agencies
08, Aug, 2019 @2:20 PM
Blackpool FC, a Kyrgyzstan money-laundering conviction and a non-takeover
Valeri Belokon thought he had the go-ahead to take over Blackpool from Owen Oyston but a court hearing in Kyrgyzstan – which he says ignored natural justice – has the club in limbo
David Conn
18, Oct, 2018 @5:49 PM
‘The decline of Russian dominance is striking’: readers respond from the Stans
Guardian Cities readers on the rise of the shopping mall, rivalry between oil-rich Kazakhstan and its rural neighbours – and even a defence of dictatorship
Guardian readers
20, Oct, 2017 @11:41 AM
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