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"Let them burn it…"Askar Akaev is outraged with disorder in Kyrgyzstan

The representatives of Kyrgyz special services, Public Prosecutor’s office and law enforcement agencies showed up in the house of Askar Akaev, the former President of Kyrgyzstan, in Bishkek. They ordered to take all personal...

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Is Uzbek Guerrilla Force Planning Homecoming?

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan has relocated next door to Tajikistan, but analysts doubt it will move back into Central Asia. By Ainagul Abdrakhmanova, Aida Kasymalieva, Inga Sikorskaya, and Anara Yusupova in Bishkek, and Lola...

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UN expert on Violence against Women ends visit to

Dinsdag 17 november 2009 | United Nations (UN) ] BISHKEK -- The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Rashida Manjoo, at the end of a mission to the Kyrgyz Republic, said that despite the Government's encouraging...

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Chinese warned of target of rising violence in Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese nationals living in Kyrgyzstan are facing a rise in violent attacks, theft and extortion, the Chinese embassy here warned late Friday. A surge in violence in areas in Bishkek with a high...

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Kyrgyzstan: Legal status applications almost impossible

Although unregistered religious activity in Kyrgyzstan is now banned, against international human rights standards, religious communities also cannot gain legal status, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. However, two mosques do...

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Kyrgyzstan: The decision to raise electricity rates was promoted by the World Bank

Ferghana.Ru reported earlier that the government of Kyrgyzstan made a decision to raise the tariff for electricity by almost twice – from 70 tyin to 1.5 som per one kilowatt/hour for all customers effective of January 1, 2010....

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Kyrgyz president abolishes National Guard

BISHKEK, November 13 (RIA Novosti) - Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed a decree to abolish the National Guard, established by his predecessor Askar Akayev to provide security to a state leader, the Kyrgyz 24.kg news...

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Return to Death Penalty Floated in Kyrgyzstan

Parliament’s refusal to sign international ban on executions seen as a bad sign. By Anara Yusupova in Bishkek (RCA No. 595, 13-Nov-09) A proposal to restore capital punishment has caused debate and outrage in Kyrgyzstan, where...

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Kyrgyzstan Reports More Swine Flu Infections

BISHKEK -- The number of swine flu patients in Kyrgyzstan has reached 27, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. Kyrgyz Health Ministry official Tolon Isakov told journalists on November 10 that almost all the patients with swine...

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Stronger Top-Down Rule in Kyrgyzstan

Reforms contain many retrograde steps and look very like an attempt to bolster President Bakiev. By Pavel Diatlenko in Bishkek (RCA No. 594, 12-Nov-09) President Kurmanbek Bakiev has now made it abundantly clear how he thinks...

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