Kyrgyzstan: Draft NGO law poses grave threat to thriving civil society

By Amnesty International

Reacting to the Kyrgyzstani parliament’s adoption in its first reading of amendments to a law that would dangerously restrict freedom of association and the work of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the country, Maisy Weicherding, Amnesty International’s Central Asia Researcher, said: “We are disappointed that these unnecessarily restrictive amendments to existing NGO legislation were passed at […] The post Kyrgyzstan: Draft NGO law poses grave threat to thriving civil society appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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