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A Real Man Never Asks for Help: Exploring Why Men in Kyrgyzstan Are Four Times More Likely to Die by Suicide
«Under the pressure of fear.» How a 12-year-old teenager in Tajikistan stalked his classmate and went unpunished
Provision of Gas Supply Failed to Handle the Problem: Half of Residents of Gas Supplied Residential Areas of Bishkek Still Use Coal
Bokhtar: Residents complain of delays in rubbish collection

IWPR activities in Central Asia

Vacancy: Project Evaluator

IWPR Kazakhstan is looking for an external M&E consultant to assess the impact and effectiveness of the Civil Society for Kazakhstan (CS4K) project through a final evaluation...

CABAR.asia 01.06.26
Open call for experts, researchers, and analysts to contribute by writing white papers in the field of geobotanical research and pasture management

The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) Central Asia office is announcing an open call for experts, analysts, and researchers to develop a..

Aziza Mukhametova 08.04.25

Investigations

How the Capital of Kyrgyzstan Has Been Grappling With an Environmental Catastrophe – A Sanctioned Landfill – For Over a Decade

For a decade, authorities of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, have been elaborating plans to solve the city landfill problem, which is called an environmental catastrophe by ecologists...

Alexandra Li 10.01.25
Kyrgyzstan: Blackened Water at Kara-Keche Coalfield

When visiting Kara-Keche, a field where coal is mined, one can observe that the water flowing from the glaciers is no longer transparent but black, and the pine trees are gradually drying up..

CABAR.asia 11.12.24

Opinions

Why are new approaches to ensuring freedom of religion in Kazakhstan needed?

Approaches to the promotion of human rights in the field of freedom of religion in Kazakhstan by international legal institutions require in-depth study and a more flexible approach. Success..

Arman Kerim 12.12.24
Kazakhstan: How Process of ‘Public Enemies’ Formation is Tested on LGBTIQ+ Community and Why

A petition against the propaganda of LGBT was published in less than a month on a special website in Kazakhstan. The petition gathered 50 thousand signatures over a short period of time. Thi..

Roman Reimer 28.06.24