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Burqa banned for women in Muslim-majority Kazakhstan
Sanatan Prabhat
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July 2, 2025
(Burqa: A garment that covers the entire body) Astana, Kazakhstan – Under a newly enacted law in Kazakhstan, women will no longer be allowed to wear burqas or any face-covering cloth in public places. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev recently...
THIS Muslim-Majority Nation Bans Hijab, Burqa – Know Why? | DNA Explainer
Zee News
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In a significant move, Kazakhstan, a Muslim-majority country where over 70% of the population follows Islam, has officially banned the wearing of the hijab, niqab, and burqa. The decision has drawn attention globally, particularly in the context...
Kyrgyz Authorities Step Up Pressure on Kloop: Searches, Arrests, and International Outcry
Times of Central Asia
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July 1, 2025
In late May, Kyrgyz security forces conducted coordinated raids on the homes of eight current and former employees of the independent media outlet Kloop. Operatives from the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) simultaneously entered...
Kyrgyz Deputy Minister: Youth Forum in Aghdam symbolizes Karabakh’s restoration
APA
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"The holding of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Youth Forum in the Karabakh region - Agdam - also symbolizes the restoration of the region," Soyuzbek Nadyrbekov, First Deputy Minister of Culture, Information and Youth Policy of the...
70% Population Is Muslim, Yet This Country Just Banned Burqa And Hijab In Public
News18
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July 1, 2025
There is a country in the world where 70 percent of the people follow Islam and the President is also a Muslim, but here women have been banned from covering their faces. In an important law passed in Kazakhstan, the country's Parliament has taken...
Brest, Kyrgyzstan’s Karakol become sister cities
Associated Press of Pakistan
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July 1, 2025
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - BREST, Jul 1 (BelTA/APP): Brest and Kyrgyzstan’s Karakol have become sister cities. This decision was formalized at a ceremony on 1 July, BelTA learned from the Brest City Executive Committee....
Student from Kyrgyzstan wins gold medal of Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad for first time
AKIpress News Agency
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Student from Kyrgyzstan wins gold medal of Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad for first time AKIPRESS.COM - The 29th Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (JBMO) was held in Struga, North Macedonia, from June 24 to June 29. This year, 135 school...
Cabinet introduces moratorium on three extramural education programs
AKIpress News Agency
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AKIPRESS.COM - A moratorium has been introduced on the admission of applicants to three extramural education programs in Kyrgyzstan. The corresponding decree was signed by Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Adylbek Kasymaliev. A six-month...
Putin to hold talks with Kyrgyz counterpart tomorrow — Kremlin
TASS
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July 1, 2025
MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. On July 2, the Kremlin will host high-level talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kyrgyz leader Sadyr Japarov, who will be in Moscow on a visit, the Kremlin reported. "They intend to discuss pressing issues...
Mongolia proposes Kyrgyz side to lift quarantine ban on supply of meat products
AKIpress News Agency
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AKIPRESS.COM - The 5th meeting of the Mongolian-Kyrgyz Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical, and Cultural Cooperation took place in Bishkek on June 26-27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia said. The...
Another Central Asian country bans face veils as Muslim women told to embrace ‘national style’
The Independent
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July 1, 2025
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This Muslim country bans Niqab, face coverings in public places, reason is..., not Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Iran, it is...
DNA India
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July 1, 2025
Officials say the ban is needed for security reasons, as face-covering garments make it difficult for law enforcement to identify individuals. Kazakhstan's Parliament has passed a new bill banning the wearing of niqabs and all face-covering...
“Kyrgyzstan’s president has been sleeping on a plane for three days,” says security chief
Daryo
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Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has reportedly spent the past three days sleeping on an airplane as he travels for diplomatic meetings, according to Kamchybek Tashiev, head of the State Committee for National Security. Source: Press service of the...
Kyrgyzstan passes laws weakening media freedom and torture prevention, rights group says
JURIST
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June 28, 2025
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday reported that Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has passed two bills that allow the authorities to restrict media activities without judicial oversight and merge the country’s main anti-torture body with the ombudsman’s...
Two Duishens: 60 Years of a Seminal Soviet Kyrgyz Film
Times of Central Asia
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June 29, 2025
Andrei Konchalovsky’s First Teacher, an adaptation of Chingiz Aitmatov’s famous work of the same name about an educator who undertakes the task of tutoring the kids in a remote Kyrgyz village, re-tailors the protagonist and the plot to convert a...
Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia enhance bilateral cooperation
Xinhua News Agency
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BISHKEK, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev met with visiting Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia Sainbuyan Amarsaikhan in Bishkek on Friday, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of...
Russian foreign minister to pay two-day official visit to Kyrgyzstan
TASS
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June 29, 2025
CHOLPON-ATA /Kyrgyzstan/, June 29. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with members of Kyrgyzstan’s government and participate in the foreign ministers’ meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) during his...
Kyrgyzstan plans to restore state horse breeding farms
24.kg
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June 27, 2025
15:50, 27 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aizada KUTUEVA 15:50, 27 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Aizada KUTUEVA It is planned to restore state horse breeding farms in Kyrgyzstan. It was announced during Minister of...
Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan to strengthen cooperation in education, digitalization
Xinhua News Agency
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia will strengthen cooperation with Kyrgyzstan in a number of sectors as bilateral relations between the two countries continue to improve, according to a joint statement issued on Wednesday. The two sides...
Russia has long spread oppression and ethnic discrimination in the region, not security and stability - Comment
Azertag
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June 28, 2025
Baku, June 29, AZERTAC Recent events in Russia, particularly the pressures, derogatory rhetoric, and violent actions targeting migrants and non-Russian peoples, serve multiple parallel objectives, Elchin Mirzabeyli, a member of Azerbaijan’s Milli...