Kyrgyz Libel Case Raises Protests

IWPR 4 years ago Region: Kyrgyzstan

Objections centre on the use of criminal rather than civil legislation, and fears that the real motive is political. By Yrys Kadykeev in Bishkek The handling of a libel suit against a major newspaper in Kyrgyzstan has le... more

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Bloggers Remember Late Kyrgyz Literary Hero

Global Voices 4 years ago Region: Kyrgyzstan

Posted by Elena Skochilo to Global Voices Online Early in June a sorrowful groan was heard from the Kyrgyz blogosphere: the great Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov died. Almost all Kyrgyz bloggers wrote about the death of ... more

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Kyrgyzstan: An Anxious April

Global Voices 5 years ago Region: Kyrgyzstan

by Elena Skochilo A next to last week of April started from the unexpected fall of temperature. A lot of bloggers posted the photographs of the frozen greenery and the trees under snow. Yanagi presented the beautiful ph... more

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