On April 2, 2024, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov signed the Russia-inspired “foreign representatives” law targeting foreign-funded non-profit and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT), Bir Duino, and the Coalition for Equality strongly condemn the adoption of this stigmatising and repressive legisation, and call on the international community to take all political, diplomatic and economic measures at their disposal to (…)