Kyrgyzstan's newly elected parliament convened on Wednesday for the first time since a snap election last month cemented the grip of President Sadyr Zhaparov, who has sought to suppress dissent in ...

Polls opened in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election amid the arrests of opposition figures and the closure of independent media outlets. It is expected ...

Kyrgyzstan’s parliament, Zhogorku Kenesh, should reject a Russia-style “foreign agents bill” that poses a grave threat to nongovernmental organizations’ activities across the country, 9 international ...

BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted on Thursday to dissolve the legislature for snap elections in a move analysts said was likely to consolidate President Sadyr Japarov’s power. The ...

(Bishkek, April 26, 2023) – Kyrgyzstan’s parliament should not dismiss the country’s human rights Ombudswoman, Atyr Abdrakhmatova, before she completes her five-year term and should refrain from ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Looming criminal cases, wire-tapping allegations, relatives under pressure. Breathing space for lawmakers is pretty tight in Kyrgyzstan's unicameral parliament, the Jogorku ...

On December 20, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament adopted a bill on changing the national flag in the second and third readings. After the vote, one of the two initiators and the Speaker of the parliament, ...