Human Rights Movement Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan
The Bir Duino Festival was founded in Kyrgyzstan in 2007 by the "Human Rights Movement Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan", during the repression of the space for civil society, and of journalists and human rights defenders work. The annual Bir Duino International Documentary Film Festival on Human Rights has been raising key topics of Human Rights and Freedoms in a changing world. This 16th year of the festival covers the topic "Climate and Crisis: the Situation of Fundamental Human Rights, Alternatives for the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)".
Human rights defenders (HRDs) in Kyrgyzstan are subjected to smear campaigns, attacks, intimidation, and harassment. Although there are no laws in place which directly target the work of HRDs, the legal system still does not offer protection for HRDs due to consistent corruption at all levels of government, the continuous practice of ill-treatment and torture with impunity, and the lack of independence of monitoring and oversight bodies.
