Kyrgyzstan

  • Oct 5, 2005
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TAJIKISTAN: Opposition leader sentenced to 23 years

Mahmadruzi Iskandarov, leader of one of Tajikistan's main opposition parties, was today sentenced...

Tajikistan
  • Sep 30, 2005
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KYRGYZSTAN: Political stability survives killings

Following the assassination of a second parliamentarian since March, the Kyrgyz parliament called...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Sep 28, 2005
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KYRGYZSTAN: Parliament rejects foreign minister

Parliament yesterday rejected six candidates for ministerial posts, including acting Foreign...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Sep 23, 2005
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UZBEKISTAN: Defendants plead guilty

Fifteen Uzbeks accused of instigating popular uprisings in Andizhan in May pleaded guilty to the...

Uzbekistan
  • Sep 22, 2005
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KYRGYZSTAN: Assassination exacerbates instability

Deputy Bayaman Erkinbayev, one of the active participants in the events that led to the overthrow...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Sep 16, 2005
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KYRGYZSTAN/UZBEKISTAN: UN evacuates Uzbek refugees

The UN flew eleven Uzbek refugees, who had fled to the neighbouring Kyrgyzstan in the wake of the...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Sep 8, 2005
  • 7 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: Dynamics of power play remain the same

Uzbekistan's decision to set a six-month deadline for the withdrawal of US military forces from...

Central Asia
  • Sep 6, 2005
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KYRGYZSTAN: President says no Chinese base planned

President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who has been visiting Moscow, denied reports alleging that Bishkek...

Kyrgyzstan