Jalalabad, 23 January 2006 -- The replacement of a regional governor continues to fuel angry protests in Kyrgyzstan, according to RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service.
A new political bloc has been founded in Kyrgyzstan with the declared goal of overhauling the country's political system.
The bodies of victims of the violence in Andijon (file photo) (AFP) A leading rights monitor criticizes the United States for its response to a "disastrous" year for human rights in Uzbekistan. The year's only bright spot of the year in Central Asia, it says, was Kyrgyzstan's willingness to accept refugees from the Uzbek government's crackdown in Andijon.
Central Asia's leaders have been called many things: strongmen, despots, enemies of the press, human rights abusers. But every now and then, they unclench their iron fists, take up a pen, and write poems and books for their countrymen.
Despite crackdowns on Hizb ut-Tahrir by governments across Central Asia, the number of the group’s members and sympathizers has risen in recent years.
Manas's air field in Kyrgyzstan (RFE/RL) 17 January 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A senior Kyrgyz official has said his country wants the United States to pay around $50 million per year to rent an air base on its territory, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported.
16 January 2006 -- The executive secretary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) says the period of instability in Central Asia has passed.
As reports of the spread of bird flu mount, many have expressed concern about the ability of Central Asian countries to come to grips with the problem. There have also been concerns that the notoriously closed regime in Turkmenistan might be less than forthcoming about any outbreaks there. RFE/RL Turkmen Service correspondent Muhammad Tahir spoke with Erwin Northoff, news coordinator for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), on 12 January about the challenges facing Central Asian countries coping with bird flu.
EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou at a news conference about bird flu, 13 January (epa) As health officials from over 90 countries prepare to meet in Beijing next week, the EU earmarks money to limit the impact of bird flu in Europe, Asia, and the developing world.
Rights activists say the warning on free speech reminds them of the Askar Akaev era (file photo) (official site) 12 January 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Members of Kyrgyzstan's media, media rights groups, and activists today criticized a warning from the Bishkek city prosecutor to journalists and politicians who make public, unfounded statements about President Kurmanbek Bakiev.
Kyrgyz President Bakiev on an election poster (file photo) (RFE/RL) Bishkek, 12 January 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Uchkun Karimov, the Bishkek city prosecutor, has warned a number of Kyrgyz media outlets and politicians that unfounded criticism of President Kurmanbek Bakiev will not be tolerated.
Defendant in a trial brought by the Uzbek state against participants in the demonstrations in Andijon in May 2005 (file photo) (RFE/RL) 12 January 2006 -- Two prominent international rights groups have called on Kyrgyzstan not to return four refugees to Uzbekistan.
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