Zhibek Begalieva

The Sound Of Corruption: Kyrgyz Bard Turns Journalistic Investigations Into Songs

A traditional Kyrgyz poet and folk musician has found a new way of reaching audiences by turning journalistic investigations about corruption into songs he performs on videos. Bolot Nazarov works in close collaboration with one of the country's top investigative teams.

'We Didn't Think That Such A Thing Could Happen': Post-Conflict, Kyrgyz And Tajik Villagers Fear For Future

Searching For The Identity Of Kyrgyzstan's New 'National Leader'

Kyrgyzstan: Pushing Back Against Voter Bribery, But Will It Work?

Kyrgyzstan’s Escalating COVID-19 Struggle: ‘We Will Not Forget This Summer’

Coronavirus Clampdown Challenges Kyrgyz Journalists

Dreams Denied: Kyrgyz Green Card Winners Respond To U.S. Travel Ban

When Kyrgyz citizen Beknazar Ibraimov won a U.S. Green Card this year, he sold his family's apartment and started making plans. But the White House's January 31 decision to ban Kyrgyz citizens from entering the U.S. caught him and hundreds of other Kyrgyz Green Card winners up short. Bishkek has pledged to meet U.S. demands for a biometric passport, but, as yet, little suggests that Ibraimov and his compatriots will see their Green Card dreams come true this year.

Report: Mother Threatened After Coverage Of Kyrgyz Sex-Trafficking Case

Sex Trafficking: A Kyrgyz Teenager's Search For Justice

It started with an invitation to a birthday party. And reportedly ended with repeated rape and beatings in a Bishkek brothel. This 16-year-old Kyrgyz girl’s story as a sex-trafficking victim is tragically familiar in Central Asia, though investigations do not always occur rapidly. After Current Time’s January 22, 2020 report about her story, however, Kyrgyz police detained three suspects in the case. Her identity has been concealed.

Chanel On The Cheap: Kyrgyzstan’s Counterfeit Designer-Clothes Business