Kyrgyz politics

Atambayev faces an additional, ongoing trial related to the violence that erupted when the state tried to detain him in August 2019.

While COVID-19 dominates Kyrgyzstan’s media landscape, citizens make memes to keep now-distant social issues relevant.

A former Kyrgyz lawmaker has been detained after a rally in support of a different jailed former parliamentarian went awry this past weekend.

Recent electoral reforms could incentivize corrupt campaigning, but is the answer to overhaul the new rules?

Kyrgyzstan will have parliamentary elections in October; party fractionalization means the race is anyone’s game.

Kyrgyzstan’s president discussed hot topics -- corruption, development, free speech -- at his second annual press conference.

A litigious air has swept Kyrgyzstan: It's hard to keep track of who has been detained and who could be next.

Kyrgyz authorities profess a separation of state and religion while also paradoxically preferring one version of Islam.

Unlike in Russia and Kazakhstan, an effort in Kyrgyzstan to carefully orchestrate the transition of power backfired.

What lays beneath the surface of Kyrgyzstan’s dramatic political scene?

There's always room for surprises, but Atambayev and his closest allies seem to be on the road to serious prison terms.