Pressure on Mass Media: Journalists’ Accounts from Kloop and other Publications...

Hackers were unable to gain access to the accounts of a majority of journalists.

“There is Honor among Thieves.” How Kyrgyz Officials Are Avoiding Criminal...

Kloop found out that these officials frequently get off without punishment: they flee from justice abroad, buy their way out with donations to the budget, and are released on amnesty. But most concerning is that after some time, one out of every five officials returns to politics and the civil service.

“Confidentiality” and government tenders on private trading platforms How are Kyrgyzstan’s...

These amendments also increased the threshold amount for government tenders, concluded by a simplified method, to five million som (Kyrgyz currency).

UFC Fighter Rafael Fiziev will stop competing under the Kyrgyz flag...

Mixed martial arts athlete Rafael Fiziev announced on his Instagram page that he would no longer compete under the flag of Kyrgyzstan.

“I would have killed her anyway”. Kloop’s investigation of femicide in...

Femicide is the murder of a woman, usually committed by a man on the basis of misogyny, gender discrimination, and/or as a result of gender-based violence in which the state is complicit.

Threats from an Ishenim party candidate: Sherzodbek Umarbekov’s brother was removed...

The Head of the Suzak Village Government in the Jalal-Abad oblast Bekzad Abdurashidov was relieved of his duties. Kloop’s information was confirmed by the president’s plenipotentiary representation for the Jalal-Abad oblast.

Asset Declarations of Kyrgyz Officials Increasingly Useless as Anti-Corruption Measure

Kyrgyzstan is the only Central Asian country that publishes its officials’ asset declarations. But the system, meant to fight corruption, has been degrading for years. Now, in a crucial election year, it has plunged into darkness.

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«They betrayed us». Kyrgyz feminists recount being attacked and detained on...

March 8, 2020, will go down in history as a day of open violence against women’s rights activists in Kyrgyzstan. On that day, unknown assailants destroyed protest materials, physically attacked women who were peacefully protesting, and threw stones and eggs at them.

Japarov in Glasgow: Who did the Kyrgyz president speak to at...

Japarov was photographed with ​​Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, as well as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The death of a Kyrgyz citizen in the United States: his...

According to preliminary information from the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 5th, Pennsylvania State Police shot and killed the Kyrgyz citizen.