Kyrgyzstan

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Kyrgyzstan: Investigate, Prosecute Police Abuse

The Kyrgyz authorities should carry out a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into the alleged police beatings of people held in a temporary detention facility in southern Kyrgyzstan.

A human-rights cold room - Catherine Ashton to visit Central Asia

Nov 24, 2012
Central Asia: Ashton Should Urge Release of Activists

Nov 22, 2012
Kyrgyzstan: Investigate, Prosecute Police Abuse

Nov 14, 2012
Kyrgyzstan: Skewed Justice Over 2010 Conflict

Oct 28, 2012

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Kyrgyzstan’s Flawed Investigations and Trials on the 2010 Violence
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Interethnic Violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan and its Aftermath
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Violence Against Lesbians, Bisexual Women, and Transgender Men in Kyrgyzstan

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A human-rights cold room - Catherine Ashton to visit Central Asia

Nov 24, 2012

At the height of summer, when foreign ministers adopted the European Union's new human-rights strategy, Catherine Ashton, the high representative for foreign affairs, was eloquent in promising to make these issues a core ingredient in the EU's foreign relations.
Central Asia: Ashton Should Urge Release of Activists

Nov 22, 2012

European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton should meet with human rights defenders and publicly call for the release of wrongfully imprisoned activists during her upcoming visit to Central Asia.
Kyrgyzstan: Letter to Kenjebek Bokoyev, Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Rule of Law, Order and Fighting Crime

Nov 18, 2012
Central Asia: letter to the High Representative of the European Union Catherine Ashton

Nov 15, 2012
Central Asia: Overview of Key Human Rights Concerns and Recommendations

Nov 15, 2012
Kyrgyzstan: Investigate, Prosecute Police Abuse

Nov 14, 2012

The Kyrgyz authorities should carry out a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into the alleged police beatings of people held in a temporary detention facility in southern Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan: Skewed Justice Over 2010 Conflict

Oct 28, 2012

Courts in southern Kyrgyzstan have sentenced two ethnic Uzbeks to life in prison following unfair trials on charges related to the June 2010 inter-ethnic violence in the region.
UN: Mark Day of Girl By Fighting Child Marriage

Oct 10, 2012

As the world celebrates the first International Day of the Girl Child on October 11, 2012, eliminating child marriages should be a key political priority for governments to protect the rights of girls and women.
Kyrgyzstan: Film Ban Violates Free Speech

Oct 4, 2012

The Kyrgyz government should lift a ban on a documentary film about gay men in Morocco and allow the film to be screened in Kyrgyzstan.
An EU Central Asia Strategy with Teeth (and Heart)

Jun 26, 2012

I cannot help but wonder what Azimjon Askarov would say in reaction to this week's EU foreign ministers' statement "welcom[ing] the progress" in implementing the European Union's strategy for Central Asia.

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