Naryn EBL lawyer Aibek Omuraliev has successfully appealed the dismissal of two kindergarten workers after they lost their jobs for allegedly being drunk at work. The case made it to the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The problem started at the kindergarten's New Years' party, where staff were drinking vodka - a widely accepted practice at teachers' parties. One of the women fainted, and an ambulance was called. "I have high blood pressure," says the patient, Nurgul. "My condition that day was not brought on by alcohol."

Telman Zhazibayev is a 77 year-old Almaty native who came to the legal clinic at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University seeking legal assistance.

Access to justice programs in Central Asia have a history of successful coordination, but until recently the information of all free legal aid centers has not been made accessible in a single place. This map shows where all EBL lawyers work, along with the distribution of aid centers of OSI, Helvatas, OSCE, UNHCR, and local government partners.

Three year-old Adema is learning to live without her arm. When she was just a year and a half old, she had to have it amputated.

Channel Research has recently concluded a mid-term evaluation of Equal Before the Law.

The evaluators found that:

1.     The program’s range of activities has been too broad, complicating implementation, and expected synergies between sets of activities have not always materialized. Less successful activities should be cut, to give strategic focus to more successful ones.

Zainab Nasriddinova's right to live at peace in her home is something she no longer takes for granted. Until recently, she believed that the right of ownership of her home had been stripped from her and her husband. Aged 58, she is one of dozens of Panjakent citizens who have turned to EBL lawyer Makhsatullo Hassanov for legal consultations. 

Kyrgyz immigrating from Uzbekistan will receive targeted legal aid, with an EBL small grant.

Lawyers from the NGO Support Coordination Center, based in Jalal Abad in southern Kyrgyzstan, will give consultations to newly arrived Kyrgyz immigrant families in three communities, Aksy, Nooken and Suzak.

About 130 people attended EBL's Tajikistan country conference on November 15^th in Dushanbe. 

The event was well attended by Tajik governmental officials, members of parliament, civil-society leaders and representatives of the Tajik National and Islamic universities.