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BISHKEK (TCA) — The legislative reform process of the Justice system in the Kyrgyz Republic over the last years is truly impressive. A lot of efforts in the reform agenda as well as in the sector on access to justice have been undertaken by the state authorities with the support of international donors and organizations. While the pace of change is truly remarkable, the common citizen’s perception of the “rule of law” system remains still relatively poor leading to a so called “legal nihilism”. Indeed what is the sense of the reforms if the common citizen, the one for which the law is done, cannot still tangibly see the results? Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s court has sentenced two leaders of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP) to life imprisonment while other prominent party members have received lengthy prison terms. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Bishkek has sentenced a former Kyrgyz prime minister's son, Altynbek Muraliev, to 12 years in prison on espionage charges, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s authorities have detained three leading members of the People's Parliament movement. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — This time the clash between Kyrgyzstan’s authorities and the operator of the country’s largest gold mine and core moneymaker Kumtor Gold seems to be more serious than previous ones. At stake is close to $200 million in dividends paid by Kumtor to its parent company in Canada back in early 2013 and withheld by the latter to its shareholders citing a “charge” for “de-recognition” of mining assets during the summer of the previous year. Perfectly legal, the mining company argues. A corporate kickback in the eyes of the Kyrgyz prosecutors, though. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kumtor Gold Company has said that its two vice presidents — Mark Burton, Vice President, Finance, and Leslie Louw, Vice President, Procurement and Logistics — have left Kyrgyzstan to take their long-planned vacations that had been approved back in January and March 2016. Continue reading
