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IWPR Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz School Death Highlights Bullying Scourge

CABAR.asia 06.11.15

Adolescents run extortion rackets and intimidate younger schoolmates. The death of a schoolboy at the hands of his peers has highlighted the widespread nature of gang culture in Kyrgyzstan’s school system. (more…)

IWPR Kyrgyzstan: Elections: ill – lost the right to vote!

CABAR.asia 29.10.15

For Tajikistan, Kunduz Battles Too Close for Comfort

CABAR.asia 27.10.15

How worried should Central Asian leaders be about the rising strength of insurgents in Afghanistan’s north? (more…)

IWPR Tajikistan: Tajik Police Arrest 35 Suspected Islamic Recruits in Three Months

CABAR.asia 20.10.15

Concerns that students are among those targeted. Tajikistan’s education ministry reports that five university students have gone off to join Islamic State militants in Syria. (more…)

IWPR Kyrgyzstan: Pressure to Strip Kyrgyz Politicians of Immunity, Benefits

CABAR.asia 19.10.15

Embarrassment as plans to buy comfortable seats for parliament have to be shelved. Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has reversed plans to buy new leather seating for the chamber after an outcry about the cost. A broader campaign to cut the benefits members get, and remove their immunity from prosecution, is still under way. (more…)

IWPR Kyrgyzstan: Pressure to Strip Kyrgyz Politicians of Immunity, Benefits

CABAR.asia 15.10.15

IWPR Tajikistan: Youth Suicides Increasing in Northern Tajikistan

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Experts in northern Tajikistan are alarmed at the rising suicide rate among young people. In the most recent case, a second-year university student in the provincial centre Khujand hanged herself.

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IWPR Tajikistan: Youth Suicides Increasing in Northern Tajikistan

CABAR.asia 14.10.15

School psychologists seen as crucial to identifying and heading off suicide risks. Experts in northern Tajikistan are alarmed at the rising suicide rate among young people. In the most recent case, a second-year university student in the provincial centre Khujand hanged herself. (more…)

Lecture at the IWPR: «The principles of religious tolerance, freedom and human rights in Islam»

CABAR.asia 07.10.15

Representative Office of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) in the Kyrgyz Republic held a lecture on “The principles of religious tolerance, tolerance and human rights in Islam” for students in Naryn and Karakol within the framework of the project on the rule of law, funded by the EU and the Government of Norway. (more…)

Kyrgyzstan Heads for Coalition Government

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Holding a contested election without a foregone conclusion was an achievement in itself. A parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan has produced a legislature with no clear majority, so that a flurry of coalition-building can be expected. (more…)