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03.06.2013 01:37 msk Business Kyrgyzstan Politics
Disorders and disturbances, clashes between the “opposition” and law enforcement bodies, police officers fleeing from rally participants, freed “hostages,” loudmouthed speakers and hasty statements on the part of politicians. Does this all not sound too familiar? Yes, we did – here in Kyrgyzstan . T
19.04.2013 22:06 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics
Beating lawyers is becoming somewhat of a norm if they are defending suspects tried for June 2010 events in Kyrgyzstan. In 2010 alone, about 150 lawyers refused to represent and defend interests of ethnic Uzbeks, fearing harassment and beating by claimants and their supporters. Fergana wrote about s
29.03.2013 11:15 msk Internet Kyrgyzstan Politics Russia
The head of the State Communications Agency (SCA) of Kyrgyzstan , Mr. Almaz Kadyrkulov, told the Vecherniy Bishkek newspaper that local ISPs “have the right” to unblock access to the Fergana news agency ’s website: “[Communications] operators have the right to unblock [access to] the website, and I
13.03.2013 09:00 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan Politics
It is impossible to say whether Kyrgyzstan is to face another, third this time, coup d’état this spring. There are “revolution prerequisites” along with indications that nothing will happen.
01.03.2013 01:23 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
Mr. Azimjan Askarov , a human rights activists and a journalist from Kyrgyzstan, has been imprisoned for over two years. All this time, Mr. Askarov’s both local and foreign colleagues have been pushing the Kyrgyz government to reconsider his case and hold an impartial investigation.
12.02.2013 10:56 msk Kyrgyzstan Migration Uzbekistan
The tragic events of June 2010 in Southern Kyrgyzstan impacted not only the lives of those involved, but also of those abroad. Ethnic Kyrgyz citizens of Uzbekistan moved to Kyrgyzstan. The major reason is discrimination on part of Uzbeks and fear. However, having “returned” to their historical mothe
10.01.2013 16:02 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan
Mayor Myrzakmatov accepting congratulations while others applaud. Courtesy of press-service of the Osh city hall, 9 January 9, 2013
09.01.2013 14:12 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan
Fergana continues its investigation into the incident that shook the south of the Fergana Valley early January 2013.
22.12.2012 10:08 msk Kyrgyzstan
On 19 December, the Bishkek inter-district court held the second hearing on blocking access to the Fergana.RU website. The first session was scheduled for 14 December and was later cancelled due to the absence of the defendant, i.e. representatives of the State Communications Agency (SCA). Today, tw
20.12.2012 17:10 msk Business Kyrgyzstan
Frost has not lifted off Northern Kyrgyzstan for the past two weeks, reaching unfamiliar temperatures of -15 to -20 C. Now people often recall that only this autumn Kyrgyz officials assured the citizens that “the country is prepared for the winter season.” Of course everything turned out to be quite
05.12.2012 12:46 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan must introduce the death penalty – it is more “humane and economically viable” than a life sentence, said social democrat fraction MP Erkin Sakebayev on 4 December at a meeting of the committee on law, safety and crime fighting, KYRtag reports.
28.11.2012 23:17 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
The prestigious International Press Freedom Awards were given out by the Committee to Protect Journalists ( CPJ.org ) in the USA on 20 November. Human rights activist and journalist Azimjon Askarov, an ethnic Uzbek from Kyrgyzstan , is one of the four laureates of the prize. Fergana editor Daniil Ki
13.11.2012 23:51 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
Azimjan Askarov , a leading human rights activist imprisoned in Kyrgyzstan , has taken his case to the UN Human Rights Committee, in a complaint filed on his behalf by the Open Society Justice Initiative and Nurbek Toktakunov, a Kyrgyzstan-based lawyer.
29.10.2012 09:48 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
Courts in southern Kyrgyzstan have sentenced two ethnic Uzbeks to life in prison following unfair trials on charges related to the June 2010 inter-ethnic violence in the region, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. The verdicts follow many earlier flawed investigations and trials of ethnic Uzbeks link
22.10.2012 21:02 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Kyrgyzstan in mid-October. During his three day visit, he went to the South of the republic and met the authorities. At the end of his visit, Mr Vollebaek gave Fergana an exclusive interview, in which he said that the underlyin
16.10.2012 13:24 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan
The promising detention of the former Kyrgyz president’s son in London, who left the country with his family and entourage after yet another “revolution” in 2010, was somewhat unexpected for observers.
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