“Just black out my name.” A photo project about silencing the...
– Just black out my name.
When I started shooting the photo project Just Black Out My Name, one of the subjects asked me not to mention/black out her name. The photos with her are also anonymous.
Inside Kyrgyzstan’s Campaign to Silence Bolot Temirov
Here’s how sex, lies, and secret surveillance were deployed against one of the country’s top investigative outlets.
The Nazarbayev Billions: How Kazakhstan’s ‘Leader of the Nation’ Controls Vast...
The former president — laying low since the country plunged into protest and violence in early January — hid banks, hotels, and a $100 million jet in a network of foundations that answer only to him.
“What is she doing here?” Kloop’s Investigation into Inequality in the...
Women in Kyrgyzstan are increasingly less likely to be appointed to senior management positions in the country. Kloop investigates the reasons behind this phenomenon...
The Ministry of Health is silent. Humanitarian aid for the fight...
From the start of the pandemic, the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan has received humanitarian aid for the fight against COVID-19 from foreign sponsors and Kyrgyz businessmen.
Kazakhstan, Facebook, and content. What’s going on? And is it censorship?
The company stated that such a joint statement was never released and that no exclusive access was granted to the government of Kazakhstan.
An interrogation of Bekeshev at the GKNB, underage campaigners, and Sadyr...
Bekeshev considers that his “leadership of the district” has prompted his opponents to use administrative resources.
The Face of Central Asia: Sharia Marriage, Talaq, and Wives with...
Say talaq three times and you’re free to go: if you want, throw your kids and wife out of the house, and if you want, get yourself a second wife. This is not a story from the Middle Ages—it is exactly what happens in the countries of Central Asia.
Sadyr Japarov promises not to sue the media
"You have freedom of speech — you’re acting freely right now, aren’t you?" said the president.
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.
Statement from Kloop, an independent media outlet from Kyrgyzstan: YouTube has...
Last week YouTube deleted one of the videos at Kloop's channel and also banned us from posting anything for a week: we were notified that the deleted content contained "harassment and bullying".
Statement from Kloop, an independent media outlet from Kyrgyzstan: YouTube must...
YouTube deleted a video from Kloop's channel on November 26 on the grounds that it contained "harassment and bullying".