Kyrgyzstan
Southern Kyrgyz mayor challenges government authority
(AP) - Kyrgyzstan’s interim government suffered a humiliating blow Friday as a powerful opponent refused to step down as mayor of a southern city devastated by deadly ethnic violence two months ago.
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Kyrgyz army involved in mob violence - rights group
(AP) - Human Rights Watch said Monday that Kyrgyzstan’s armed forces abetted and may even have actively taken part in violence by ethnic Kyrgyz mobs against the minority Uzbek community that left at least 370 people dead in June.
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Several hundred Kyrgyz rally against OSCE deployment
(Reuters) - Several hundred demonstrators on Wednesday decried plans by Kyrgyzstan’s interim government to admit OSCE police monitors to southern regions of the Central Asian republic ravaged by bloody ethnic clashes two months ago.
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‘Attempted coup’ rocks tense Kyrgyzstan
(AFP) - Kyrgyz police on Thursday shot into the air and fired tear gas to disperse protestors authorities say were attempting to carry out a coup in the troubled Central Asian state.
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Donors to give Kyrgyzstan $1.1 billion in aid
(AP) - International donors pledged $1.1 billion in aid Tuesday to help Kyrgyzstan rebuild after months of political and ethnic violence.
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Kyrgyz police detain ex-president’s brother
(AP) - Police in Kyrgyzstan have detained a brother of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, authorities said Thursday — the latest effort to solidify control over the country’s tense south and dismantle the former leader’s entourage.
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OSCE to send police monitors to Kyrgyzstan
(Reuters) - Europe’s main security body on Thursday backed plans to send 52 unarmed police officers to help restore peace in southern Kyrgyzstan, a month after the worst bloodshed in the Central Asian state’s modern history.
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Ethnic Uzbeks deprived health treatment and refuge
(AP) - International health and rights groups said Wednesday that minority ethnic Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan are being deprived of medical treatment and opportunities to seek refuge in neighboring Uzbekistan.
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Southern Kyrgyzstan forces may have used torture - UN
(AFP) - The UN human rights chief said Tuesday she had information that security forces in Kyrgyzstan used torture and arbitrary detention since the eruption of June’s deadly inter-ethnic clashes.
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U.S. says Kyrgyz must act now to stop more violence
(Reuters) - The United States, which operates a crucial military base in Kyrgyzstan, said on Sunday its government must act urgently to prevent more violence after deadly ethnic clashes last month.
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