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![Kyrgyzstan Adopts Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs Kyrgyzstan Adopts Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-04-15-105136.jpg)
Kyrgyzstan Adopts Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs
By Colleen Wood
The restrictive law was first proposed 10 years ago. How could it affect Kyrgyz society now that it’s been passed?
![Kyrgyzstan’s Shifting Politics: Foreign Agents, Civil Society, and Russian Influence Kyrgyzstan’s Shifting Politics: Foreign Agents, Civil Society, and Russian Influence](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-03-14-121953.jpg)
Kyrgyzstan’s Shifting Politics: Foreign Agents, Civil Society, and Russian Influence
By Bektour Iskender
How did Kyrgyzstan become a standard-bearer in adopting Kremlin-inspired tactics – like the just-passed “foreign representatives” bill – to suppress civil society?
![Controversial 'Foreign Agents' Bill Shot Down in Kyrgyz Parliament Controversial 'Foreign Agents' Bill Shot Down in Kyrgyz Parliament](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-12_13-06-54.jpg)
Controversial 'Foreign Agents' Bill Shot Down in Kyrgyz Parliament
By Catherine Putz
NGOs in Kyrgyzstan will be happy to know that the so-called Foreign Agents Bill won't become law. At least not yet.
![Uncertain Future for Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Agents Bill Uncertain Future for Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Agents Bill](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-02_15-05-13.jpg)
Uncertain Future for Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Agents Bill
By Catherine Putz
Kyrgyz MPs disagree about whether the bill is necessary or not.
![How Putin Silences Human Rights Advocates in Russia How Putin Silences Human Rights Advocates in Russia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-27_15-06-07.jpg)
How Putin Silences Human Rights Advocates in Russia
By Catherine Putz
The Committee Against Torture says it will close down rather rather than be labeled a ‘foreign agent.’
![Kyrgyz ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill Moves Forward Kyrgyz ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill Moves Forward](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-06-04_14-50-34.jpg)
Kyrgyz ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill Moves Forward
By Catherine Putz
It will need to pass two more readings and get the president’s signature before becoming law.
Are You a Foreign Agent in Kyrgyzstan?
By Catherine Putz
Human rights organizations worry that an impending law could stifle the country’s civil society.
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