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Kyrgyz President Signs Law Targeting “False Information” as Court Shuts Down Independent Broadcaster
OCCRP
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July 11, 2025
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov signed a new law on Friday that allows authorities to fine individuals and organizations for spreading false information online and in mass media, sparking more concern from civil society groups over the eroding...
China: EAM Jaishankar Discusses SCO’s Role, Modernisation Efforts With Secy Gen Yermekbayev
News24
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July 14, 2025
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who met with Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev in Beijing on Monday, said the discussions between the two included the contribution and importance of the 10-member...
Bishkek music college fire burned on 1,000 square meters
AKIpress News Agency
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AKIPRESS.COM - A major fire in a music college on Bokonbaev Street in Bishkek was extinguished at 1:22 pm, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. The area of the fire was about 1,000 square meters. According to the duty officer of the...
Kyrgyz President Visits Tajikistan, Opening New Era of Friendship
Times of Central Asia
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July 10, 2025
Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov just concluded a two-day visit to Tajikistan. Rarely has the visit of one Central Asian leader to another Central Asian country been as welcome as Japarov’s trip to Tajikistan was. The two countries engaged in...
Kyrgyzstan and Sakha Republic discuss strengthening public diplomacy and preserving common historical and cultural heritage
AKIpress News Agency
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Kyrgyzstan and Sakha Republic discuss strengthening public diplomacy and preserving common historical and cultural heritage AKIPRESS.COM - During a working visit to Yakutia, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Edil Baisalov held a meeting...
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan advance bilateral ties with new agreements and high-level talks in Dushanbe
Daryo
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July 10, 2025
President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon held expanded-format talks in Dushanbe during Japarov’s state visit to Tajikistan. The two leaders discussed a wide range of bilateral, regional, and international...
“Children of the CIS” in Belarus: A Kaleidoscope of Central Asian Cultures
News Central Asia
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July 15, 2025
The Republic of Belarus is hosting the “Children of the Commonwealth of Independent States” forum, bringing together young delegates from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Organized by the...
Azerbaijan reveals participant mumbers for CIS Games
AzerNews
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July 15, 2025
Azerbaijan has disclosed the number of nations and delegations set to participate in the upcoming 3rd CIS Games, Azernews reports, citing Baku City Circuit Operations Company (BCC). A total of 1,846 athletes and 2,666 officials from eight...
Kyrgyzstan Proposes Revival Of High-Level Coordination Council With Tajikistan
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 8 . Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Zhaparov has proposed restoring the activities of the High Interstate Coordination Council between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan at the level of heads of state,...
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Off Road’ On Netflix, A Reality Series Where Two Popular Israeli Actors Travel Together Through Kyrgyzstan And Kazakhstan
Decider
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July 10, 2025
If you’re at all familiar with Israeli television, you’ve probably seen Lior Raz and Rotem Sela before. Raz is probably better known in the States than Sela, having starred in the Netflix hit Fauda and having been featured in films like Gladiator...
10th edition of the Children of the Commonwealth international cultural and educational forum was held in Minsk
Turkmenistan Golden Age
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July 15, 2025
On July 13, 2025, the 10th edition of the Children of the Commonwealth international cultural and educational forum was held in the National Children's Educational and Health Center "Zubrenok", in which a delegation from Turkmenistan took part....
Fire breaks out at Abdraev Music College in Bishkek
AKIpress News Agency
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AKIPRESS.COM - A fire has erupted at the Abdraev Music College in Bishkek. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) press service, the blaze originated on the building's roof. Four fire crews have been dispatched to the scene to...
BFF and BCCB recognised for sports development
Kuensel
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The Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) and the Bhutan Cricket Council Board (BCCB) have recently received recognition from international sports bodies for their efforts in developing sports within the country. developing Gho their FIFA locked...
From Survival to Cinema: How Robin A. Townsend Turned Trauma into Power Through Film
Film Daily
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July 8, 2025
Robin A. Townsend is not just a filmmaker. He is a force of reclamation. Raised inside the isolating grip of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and later abandoned by the system meant to protect him, Townsend transformed a life defined by trauma into an...
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan sign a number of cooperation documents
Asia Plus
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16:59, july 8Author: Asia-Plus The Tajik president’s official website says that after the conclusion of the high-level talks between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, a ceremony of signing new cooperation documents was held in the presence and with the...
The composition of the Turkmenistan national team for the Asian Junior Wrestling Championship in Bishkek has been determined
Turkmenportal
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The composition of the Turkmenistan wrestling team for the Asian Championship among athletes under 20 years old, which will be held from July 9 to 13 in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), has been announced. This was reported on the official website of the...
Turkmen wrestler won bronze at Asian Cadet Championships in Bishkek
Turkmenportal
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Turkmen Greco-Roman wrestler Jeyhun Khakberdyev won a bronze medal at the Asian Championship among cadets (U-15) in the capital of Kyrgyzstan. In the fight for bronze in the 52 kg category, in which 9 athletes competed for the awards, Jeyhun...
Kyrgyzstan: President Should Step in to Halt the Erosion of Freedom of Expression
International Partnership for Human Rights
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We, the undersigned international human rights organizations express our deepest concerns with troubling developments in Kyrgyzstan that further curb freedom of expression and the media and seem designed to encourage self-censorship among...
Kyrgyzstan: NGOs Urge President to Return Draft Laws that Threaten Human Rights
International Partnership for Human Rights
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President Sadyr Japarov - Photo by Latvian Foreign Ministry/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/latvianmfa/51941897880/ Together with several other human rights organisations, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has issued...
Kyrgyzstan Moves to Curb Free Expression
Human Rights Watch
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July 4, 2025
(Bishkek, July 4, 2025) – A series of developments in Kyrgyzstan threaten to further curb freedom of expression and the media, ten organizations including Human Rights Watch said today, urging the president not to sign a bill to restrict the...