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IWPR holds regular trainings for students and journalists from across Central Asia, with their materials published in Russian and national languages on the analytical platform CABAR.asia and in English for international readers on iwpr.net . Articles by IWPR reporters cover current events andsignificant trends that affect the lives of people in the whole Central Asian region.

In Kyrgyzstan, a two-year-old child was hospitalised after beating. This complicated case has shocked the whole country. While the police are investigating the case, the public wonders why preventive measures against violence against children have had no impact so far.  (more…)

“Special operation” to detain investigative journalist Bolot Temirov and his colleague, akyn-improviser Bolot Nazarov, was received by the Kyrgyz public as a threat to freedom of speech (more…)

On January 25, three Central Asian countries found themselves in the power collapse in the afternoon. Electricity went out in the most part of Kyrgyzstan, as well as in some districts of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Electricity supply was restored partly or in full only during afternoon. (more…)

During the clashes that swept Kazakhstan in early January 2022, tens of Kyrgyzstanis were detained.  (more…)

Experts recommend that the authorities officially define the role of courts of elders in Kyrgyzstan. Otherwise, their decisions may discredit the work of law enforcement bodies.

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The key motive and reason for suicides are family problems. The state is trying to combat suicides among minors, yet the statistics remains unchanged for more than 10 years. (more…)

A little more than a year has passed since Kyrgyzstan cancelled the results of last parliamentary election and the country’s leadership totally changed. In the last election campaign, experts note vapid campaign and pessimistic moods among voters. (more…)

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If the volume of water in Toktogul HPP drops to 6 billion cubic metres, which can happen next spring, the power system of the country will be paralysed. This industry sector, politicised and being in deep crisis for many years, survives from winter to winter.

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Kyrgyzstan has committed itself to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Despite this goal, the country’s consumption and production of coal is growing rapidly. (more…)

Warnings that the covert surveillance amounted to a gross violation of the fundamental right to privacy.

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