Daria Timofeeva

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

Kyrgyz Complain About ‘Inhumane’ Quarantine Conditions At Ex-U.S. Air Base

Kyrgyzstan has transformed the former U.S. air base of Manas into a quarantine camp for citizens who have returned from abroad, but complaints have surfaced about below-par conditions in the facility. The government rebuked residents for their complaints but has promised improvements. As yet, it has not elaborated about the details.

A Kyrgyz Teenager Takes His Village Digital

Seventeen-year-old Ibragim Belgych attends school in the mornings and connects his neighbors in the Kyrgyz mountain village of Suusamyr to a community Internet network in the afternoons. He is the only person on hand to do the job.

Xinjiang Migrant Searches For Family In Chinese ‘Reeducation Camp’

Beyshekan Kamza, a 38-year-old resident of the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, cannot stop thinking about China. A relative there told her that her father and sister have been incarcerated in a reeducation facility in the country’s northern region of Xinjiang -- for 15 years and two years, respectively.

Kyrgyzstan's Bionic Arm For A Better World

Ten-year-old Aliya, a Kyrgyz schoolgirl, has just picked up something with her left hand for the first time. She is the first customer for a Kyrgyz-made, bionic prosthetic arm that developers promise will enable those with a limb difference to lead more independent lives.