Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: Efforts to Tackle Bride Kidnapping Hit Polygamy Snag

8 Feb 2012

Copyright show:  No Legislation designed to discourage the controversial practice of bride kidnapping fizzled recently in Kyrgyzstan’s parliament. The bill lost support because a key provision could also be used to crack down on the ostensibly illegal, yet quietly tolerated practice of polygamy, according to a member of parliament. read more

Kyrgyzstan gold mine workers go on strike

8 Feb 2012

The operator of the largest gold mine in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan says workers have gone on strike in a demand for additional payments to a state social fund.

Kyrgyz radioactive coal culprits face charges

8 Feb 2012

Prosecutors in Kyrgyzstan say seven people are facing charges over the import of contaminated radioactive coal from neighboring Kazakhstan.