Toktosun Shambetov is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov’s public appearance with a Chinese-born businessman at the heart of a media investigation into contraband in Kyrgyzstan has raised questions about the government’s commitment to combating corruption.
From brutal beatings to suffocation with plastic bags, police in Kyrgyzstan have been accused of using torture tactics on hundreds of people.
Kyrgyz officials accuse top religious authorities of colluding with a controversial Islamic group to send young children to foreign religious schools. Some family members with children in the program are taking exception.
