Kyrgyzstan: Judiciary Seemingly Moving In Step With New Leader Japarov – Analysis

By Bruce Pannier*

(RFE/RL) -- Kyrgyzstan’s courts have never been truly impartial and the country's presidents have often used the courts to punish their political foes, media outlets, and individual journalists.

On October 14, the day parliament deputies finally and officially voted to make Sadyr Japarov Kyrgyzstan’s...