Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan Gets Soft Terms for Customs Union Entry

Russian support for an assistance package clinches a deal that both governments see as benefiting them.

Kyrgyz Migrants' Children Left Behind

Experts warn of psychological impact of prolonged parental absence.

Kyrgyzstan: Parliamentary Prayer Room Meets With Resistance

Questions raised about foreign funding source as well as a possible weakening of secular principles.

Communities Struggle to Overcome Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Tensions

Once-positive relationships have been damaged by flare-ups in disputed frontier areas.

Bleak Outlook for Sexual Minorities in Kyrgyzstan

Activists report rising trend of homophobic abuse amid widespread intolerance.

Rise in Human Trafficking in Tajikistan

Kyrgyz Opposition Regroups for Protests

New constellation of opposition leaders hopes to pressure the government, but it is far from certain they will succeed.

Forced Health Checks for Sex Workers in Kyrgyzstan

NGO warns that coerced tests on detainees will only drive prostitution underground.

Tajiks Claim Travel to Kyrgyzstan Hindered

Effects of border confrontation still reverberating in now troubled relationship between neighbouring states.

Kyrgyzstan's Top Muslim Cleric Unseated by Sex Scandal

Latest in a series of leadership changes arises out of difficult evolution of state-clergy relations.