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Women continue to be killed. Why does Kyrgyzstan not recognize the existence of femicide at the legislative level? (more…)
The practice of compulsory participation in voting threatens negative consequences, according to human rights defender Akylai Tenizbaeva. In her opinion, it will lead to an increase in irrational voting and corruption.
In the last 70 years, Kyrgyzstan has lost 16 per cent of its glaciers. It poses a food insecurity risk not only to the country, but also at the regional level.
In the last 30-40 years, the world, particularly, Kyrgyzstan, has faced the increase in temperature. It leads to increased evaporation, and hence to soil drought. The problem of water regulation at distant pastures and farming lands can be solved by artificial glaciers.
In Kyrgyzstan, nearly 65 per cent of villages are undersupplied with clean drinking water. Authorities are determined to solve the problem by 2026, which is taken sceptically by people as this is not their first promise. Moreover, one third of the amount required to implement the programme still needs to be raised. (more…)
The Central Asian leaders do not necessarily have to amend the Constitution frequently to stay in power, while the sequence of presidents does not mean that the state is a democratic one. (more…)
Power crisis in Kyrgyzstan has gained momentum in recent years. Electricity produced within the country fails to cover the needs of the population, and the country faces energy shortages. Electricity imports rise every year. While authorities do not rule out ‘regulatory blackouts’.
China’s decision to speed up construction of the D gas pipeline Turkmenistan-China running through the territory of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan marks a significant step in expanding its participation in the power sector of Central Asia.
In Kyrgyzstan, the number of adolescents committing crimes is increasing. CABAR.asia explored possible reasons of it, what punishment children receive for offences, and whether the humanisation of legislation affected the situation. (more…)
Kazakhstan’s civil society is eying the rapprochement with China with suspicion. This is primarily because people don’t trust their own elites, said Temur Umarov, a researcher at the Carnegie Moscow Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies in Berlin.