Kyrgyzstan: Oops! Bakiyev Brother Walks Out of Prison
The only member of Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s family to be imprisoned following the ex-president’s bloody 2010 overthrow has gone missing, according to Kyrgyzstan’s penal service. On March 6, parliament...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Reconciliation Elusive Two Years After Osh Violence
As southern Kyrgyzstan marks the second anniversary of ethnic clashes between its Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities, local and international rights activists are concerned about wounds that continue to...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Officials Sound Alarm on Arms Proliferation
A spokesman at Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry has acknowledged that only about half of the small arms that went missing during the country’s 2010 political and ethnic violence have been accounted for....
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Another Bakiyev Surfaces in Minsk, Further Souring Diplomatic Ties
The fact that Kyrgyzstan’s deposed ex-president resides openly in Minsk is accepted as common knowledge. But now his hated little brother appears to be hanging in the Belarusian capital, too. A photo...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Nationalist MPs and Rioters Attempt to Storm Parliament
Police in Bishkek clashed with protestors calling for the nationalization of a strategic gold mine on October 3. Dozens of men climbed over the fence surrounding the parliament building, known as the...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: After Coup Charges, Nationalist’s Supporters Rally Anew
Protestors were back on the streets of Jalal-Abad on Monday to support a nationalist legislator charged with trying to violently seize power in Kyrgyzstan. Late Friday, a court in Bishkek ruled that...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan Says Bakiyev Jr Nabbed in London
UPDATE / 0245 Saturday, Bishkek time: A Kyrgyz government source says the reports of Maxim Bakiyev's arrest are true, and denies that Maxim was released. (An earlier version of this post was headlined...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Three Opposition Pols Sent to Prison, But Not for Long
A court in Bishkek found three members of Kyrgyzstan’s nationalist opposition party guilty of trying to overthrow the government and handed them short prison sentences on March 29. The verdict, though...
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Kyrgyzstan Photos: Osh Market Bustles, on Surface
Photographer: David Trilling As Kyrgyzstan’s southern capital recovers from the turmoil of ethnic violence and its aftermath, its ancient market has been a touchstone of Osh’s general wellbeing....
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Gold Mine Protests Move South
Protests outside the Kumtor gold mine in northern Kyrgyzstan have ended and the mine has resumed operations. But related unrest shifted south over the weekend. Outside Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan’s...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Thousands Rally in Osh for Arrested Politician
Thousands of protesters rallied in the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan on December 2 to call for the release of opposition politician Akhmatbek Keldibekov, who was arrested on corruption charges on...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Bishkek Fires Powerful Osh Mayor
The rabble-rousing mayor of Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest city has been abruptly dismissed after he appeared to stoke anti-government protests this week.Prime Minister Jantoro Satybaldiyev fired Osh...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Alliance from Restive South Creates Headache for Bishkek
Two parties with their roots in Kyrgyzstan's troubled south have announced a political alliance that could create a headache for Bishkek as it struggles to stamp its authority over southern regions.The...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: After Defeat, Former Osh Mayor Tells Thousands He’ll Return
Thousands of supporters of southern strongman Melisbek Myrzakmatov rallied in Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest city, Osh, on January 15 to protest his defeat in mayoral elections. A controversial figure who...
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