Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Independent Media Report Troubles

Large crowds have congregated for the best part of a week in central Bishkek to push for constitutional reform (RFE/RL)

BISHKEK, November 8, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Several Kyrgyz independent media say they have encountered a series of technical problems since opposition demonstrators demonstrated in Bishkek on November 2.

TEXT SIZE - +

November 08, 2006

Marat Tokoev, who heads a nongovernmental group known as Journalists, today confirmed that the websites of two information news agencies, AKIpress and 24.kg, were attacked by hackers on the first day of the protests.

Access to both websites from outside Kyrgyzstan was restored only on November 7.

Another independent electronic media outlet, tazar.kg, today reported that hackers had destroyed all its news archive, forcing it to close its website temporarily.

Also today, two TV channels -- NTS and Piramida -- reported having transmission problems.

Piramida editor Turat Bektenov told RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service that unidentified attackers had damaged the TV station's tower in the southeastern outskirts of Bishkek.

A vendor in the central Bosnian town of Zenica sells heart-shaped cushions with proclamations of love for 1 euro each.

Love It (Or Hate It), It's Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day, the Western holiday celebrating love, has become a global phenomenon over the past two decades. The fall of communism and the emergence of the Internet have helped February 14 become something of an unofficial international day of romance. However, not all the passions the holiday stirs are related to love. While some countries have openly embraced the holiday, others are attempting to ban it or replace it with local customs. More

Production and distribution of rap music is not officially banned, but it

Yo! Turkmen Rappers Flip The Script On Repression

For a growing number of Turkmen youth, rap music has become a way to express their daily struggles and inspire political change in one of the world's most oppressive countries. More