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Bermet Akayeva threatens the authorities with another wave of protests

Bermet Akayeva threatens the authorities with another wave of protests

26.11.2007 10:50 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

Bermet Akayeva, the daughter of the ex-president of Kyrgyzstan who calls herself "just a Kyrgyz politician" nowadays, wrote a piece for Moscow News offering her views on the political and socioeconomic situation in this Central Asian country.

Dilmurat hadji Orozov: «Extremists are the people who believe that they alone are correct and revile everything else»

Dilmurat hadji Orozov: «Extremists are the people who believe that they alone are correct and revile everything else»

23.11.2007 09:45 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life

Dilmurat hadji Orozov, Islamic Education Center Director, is convinced that religious matters in Kyrgyzstan are handled by illiterate and corrupt people and that this state of affairs compromises purity of Islam and even national security. Orozov ran the Moslem Religious Administration of the Jalala

President of Kyrgyzstan on an official visit to Japan

President of Kyrgyzstan on an official visit to Japan

14.11.2007 11:06 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev's official visit to Japan began on November 14 to end on November 16.

Kyrgyzstan intends to introduce electronic entry visas

Kyrgyzstan intends to introduce electronic entry visas

13.11.2007 23:45 msk Kyrgyzstan

Instructed by the Cabinet of Kyrgyzstan, the Foreign Ministry intends to introduce electronic entry visas soon.

The first reception center for refugees in all of Central Asia is to be established in Kyrgyzstan

The first reception center for refugees in all of Central Asia is to be established in Kyrgyzstan

12.11.2007 19:59 msk Kyrgyzstan Migration

The first reception center for refugees in all of Central Asia will be opened in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, today.

Kyrgyz political parties register their lists of candidates

Kyrgyz political parties register their lists of candidates

12.11.2007 16:32 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

Some political parties running for the parliament in the campaign scheduled to end on December 16 had their lists of candidates registered - pro-president Ak Jol, acting Premier Almazbek Atambayev's Social Democratic Party, and Motherland (former Party of Poeple's Unity and Consent).

1,397 refugees registered in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan

1,397 refugees registered in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan

06.11.2007 16:14 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

According to AKIpress news agency, 1,397 refugees and 266 families compelled to seek shelter in Kyrgyzstan were registered on the territory of the republic on October 1, 2007.

Kyrgyzstan: Ombudsman Tursunbai Bakir uulu condemns Tashkent for Alisher Saipov's assassination

Kyrgyzstan: Ombudsman Tursunbai Bakir uulu condemns Tashkent for Alisher Saipov's assassination

06.11.2007 14:11 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Ombudsman Tursunbai Bakir uulu called a press conference in Bishkek today to pronounce once again that "official Tashkent is involved in assassination of journalist Alisher Saipov."

Osh governor visited the family of assassinated journalist Alisher Saipov

Osh governor visited the family of assassinated journalist Alisher Saipov

02.11.2007 13:51 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

Governor Jantoro Satybaldiyev paid a visit to the family of Alisher Saipov, journalist assassinated in Osh on October 24.

Kyrgyzstan: Doctor Life to run the election committee of the oppositionist Asaba party

Kyrgyzstan: Doctor Life to run the election committee of the oppositionist Asaba party

02.11.2007 13:49 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics

Jenishbek Nazaraliyev, narcologist known throughout Kyrgyzstan and beyond, announced his decision to join Asaba and run its election committee through the snap parliamentary election scheduled for December 16.

Moslem women in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan unite to establish non-governmental organizations

Moslem women in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan unite to establish non-governmental organizations

02.11.2007 13:48 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life

Jamal Frontbek kyzy, leader of the Jyman Bakut Koomu community trust, claims that the growing interest in Islam compels Moslem women in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan to aspire for establishment of non-governmental organizations of their own.

The Referendum in Kyrgyzstan: A Well-Played Performance

The Referendum in Kyrgyzstan: A Well-Played Performance

02.11.2007 12:08 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan

That was the question I heard most frequently while working as an observer during the October 21 referendum.

Kyrgyz society urges the president to put an end to encroachments on the freedom of expression

Kyrgyz society urges the president to put an end to encroachments on the freedom of expression

31.10.2007 14:52 msk Kyrgyzstan

Emergency forum in the capital of Kyrgyzstan on October 31 discussed the state of affairs with the freedom of speech and meetings in the country. Once the forum was over, civil activists made an appeal to President Kurmanbek Bakiyev pointing out that the processes taking place in the country were be

Kyrgyz journalists admit to be under secret services\' tight control

Kyrgyz journalists admit to be under secret services\' tight control

31.10.2007 14:47 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz journalists began talking in the wake of Alisher Saipov's assassination of existence of the so called institute of supervision.

Kyrgyz police smear the assassinated journalist's name

Kyrgyz police smear the assassinated journalist's name

31.10.2007 11:48 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

Press Service of the Osh Municipal Internal Affairs Department announced this Tuesday that the investigation had uncovered no evidence proving Uzbek secret services' involvement in assassination of journalist Alisher Saipov a week ago. This stand on the matter - or something like that - was predicta

Are Kyrgyz security structures out to pin the blame for Alisher Saipov's assassination on Hizb-ut-Takhrir?

Are Kyrgyz security structures out to pin the blame for Alisher Saipov's assassination on Hizb-ut-Takhrir?

30.10.2007 15:03 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz official structures investigating assassination of prominent journalist Alisher Saipov remain tight-lipped on the progress made so far. Themselves reticent, they insist that the young and gifted journalist's colleagues keep their ideas and hypotheses to themselves as well.

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