Jockeys from Kyrgyzstan have come to dominate horse racing in Poland. Kyrgyz jockeys have won prestigious races such the Polish Derby -- but say that sometimes local fans do not applaud them for their victories.
More than a dozen girls from a remote village in Kyrgyzstan are shattering gender stereotypes by taking to the ice as their nation's first all-female hockey team.
From brutal beatings to suffocation with plastic bags, police in Kyrgyzstan have been accused of using torture tactics on hundreds of people.
