Inmates say the reason for the prison riots that started on 19 October and led to bloodshed on 1 November is their harsh living conditions. The prisoners complain of starvation and epidemics of infectious diseases, like tuberculosis and AIDS/HIV, in the penitentiaries. However, that seems to be only the life of ordinary convicts. Kyrgyzstan’s prison unrest also revealed that while ordinary inmates are poorly housed and harshly treated, jailed criminal kingpins have amenities and power.
4 November 2005 -- A Kyrgyz official today said the situation in Kyrgyz prisons is normalizing, with inmates slowly turning in their weapons after a series of riots at five jails left four people dead and several injured.
Prague, 3 November 2005 (RFE/RL) -- A three-day holiday began for many Muslims around the world today, ending a month of fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
3 November 2005 -- The top U.S. military commander in the Persian Gulf region visited Astana today for talks with Kazakh Defense Minister Mukhtar Altynbaev.
Bishkek, 2 November 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Kyrgyz authorities say they have reestablished control over some six prisons shaken by unrest yesterday.
Authorities try to quell criticism of their handling of further violence in the country's prisons.
Bishkek, 2 November (RFE/RL) -- Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev says his government acted forcefully to put down jail unrest to show it is determined to put an end to instability, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported.
The air base at Manas Airport (file photo) (RFE/RL) Bishkek, 2 November 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev has reiterated that his government will ask the United States to pay more for the use of a military air base in the republic.
Bishkek, 1 November 2005 (RFE/RL) -- The top U.S. military commander in the Persian Gulf region visited Bishkek today for talks with President Kurmanbek Bakiev and other Kyrgyz officials.
Reports say more than 20 inmates were killed on 1 November in unrest in Kyrgyz prisons near the capital Bishkek and in the country's southern Jalalabad Province.
Bishkek, 1 November 2005 (RFE/RL) -- At least 18 inmates are reported to have been killed today in renewed unrest at a prison camp in Kyrgyzstan, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported.
Manas air field (file photo) (RFE/RL) Bishkek, 31 October 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Kyrgyzstan intends to charge the U.S. military for dumping fuel over its territory.
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