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Talks held over police mission in southern Kyrgyzstan (24.08.2010)
(Quelle: BBC)
The head of an international police force due to be deployed in southern Kyrgyzstan is in Bishkek for talks to ensure the mission goes ahead. It is still not clear when the small contingent of police officers from the OSCE, the rights and democracy watchdog, will carry out their mission.
The pogroms in Kyrgyzstan – new ICG report (23.08.2010)
(Quelle: International Crisis Group)
Without prompt, genuine and exhaustive measures to address the damage done by the pogroms, Kyrgyzstan risks another round of terrible violence. “The Pogroms in Kyrgyzstan”, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, highlights the risk of spiralling violence in the south of Kyrgyzstan and the central government’s loss of control over the region.
Swiss diplomat will head OSCE police advisers in Kyrgyzstan (13.08.2010)
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Swiss diplomat Markus Mueller has been selected to head a team of 52 police advisers whom the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) plans to send to Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyz activists protest OSCE police deployment (11.08.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Dozens of activists have protested in Kyrgyz cities about the planned international police deployment in the south of the country, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.
Kyrgyz elections due in October (11.08.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Kyrgyzstan's President Roza Otunbaeva has announced that parliamentary elections will take place on October 10.
OSCE aims for police in Kyrgyzstan next month (04.08.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) says it expects to have an advisory police force in southern Kyrgyzstan by early September, RFE/RL reports.
Kyrgyz Ombudsman's Office investigating deadly ethnic clashes (03.08.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
The Kyrgyz Ombudsman's Office has set up its own commission to investigate the deadly clashes last month between ethnic Kyrgyz and minority Uzbeks in the southern part of the country, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.
Party time in Kyrgyzstan (27.07.2010)
(Quelle: Eurasianet)
It’s boom time for Kyrgyzstan’s political parties. When voters approved a new constitution on June 27, the country became the first parliamentary republic in Central Asia. Since then, the Justice Ministry has registered 148 parties to compete in elections scheduled for this October; more are reportedly waiting in the queue.
Uzbeks leaving Southern Kyrgyzstan in “mass exodus” (26.07.2010)
(Quelle: Eurasianet)
Many of southern Kyrgyzstan’s ethnic Uzbeks, facing continued harassment from local authorities, are pondering their future in the Kyrgyz Republic. … On July 21, repeating a request for police monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to help pacify the South, provisional President Roza Otunbayeva admitted her government does not fully control the region.
OSCE approves deployment of police advisers to Kyrgyzstan (22.07.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has agreed "to deploy without delay" a police advisory group to Kyrgyzstan. … The decision, agreed with Kyrgyzstan, envisages sending an initial 52 international police officers to monitor and advise counterparts in the Kyrgyz police force, with a focus on southern Kyrgyzstan. They will be unarmed and have no executive police powers.
Kyrgyz security forces committing human rights violations, says top UN official (20.07.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
Security forces in southern Kyrgyzstan are responsible for human rights violations, ranging from arbitrary detention to torture, threatening the fragile peace in the area six weeks after it was rocked by deadly inter-ethnic violence, a top United Nations official said today.
Voluntary militias in Kyrgyzstan may become political players (12.07.2010)
(Quelle: Eurasianet)
They stopped the looting, helped save the new government, and gave many frightened residents in strife-torn Kyrgyzstan peace of mind. But there’s a danger now that members of Kyrgyzstan's volunteer militia formations – or narodniye druzhiniki – may develop into players who exert undue influence over the next phase of the Central Asian nation’s political development.
Kyrgyz official says OSCE police mission would be ineffective (07.07.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Acting Kyrgyz Defense Minister Ismail Isakov says the deployment of an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) police mission in the southern part of the country would be ineffective, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. … A number of international human rights organizations, including rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch, have called for the urgent deployment of an OSCE police mission to Osh and Jalal-Abad.
Kyrgyzstan votes for stability (28.06.2010)
(Quelle: IWPR)
High turnout figures and a 91 per cent approval rate suggest voters were solidly behind the interim administration and its pledges of democratic reform, at a time when some observers were hinting the government was no longer in control.
Western nations, institutions praise Kyrgyz referendum, as Russia expresses doubts (28.06.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
The United States, United Nations, European Union, and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have all praised Kyrgyzstan for having conducted a peaceful constitutional referendum.
Mass returns of civilians reported amid tense but improving situation in Kyrgyzstan – UN (25.06.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
United Nations agencies today reported that the situation in Kyrgyzstan is relatively calm but still tense and that large numbers of those uprooted by the recent violence are returning to their homes, while adding that relief workers are still having difficulty reaching all those in need.
EU envoy warns of regional risk from Kyrgyz instability (23.06.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
The top EU envoy for Central Asia has warned that recent instability in the south of Kyrgyzstan could spill over into other countries along the Ferghana Valley. Pierre Morel, the EU special representative for the region, also said the EU wants the referendum on Kyrgyzstan's new constitution to go ahead as planned on June 27.
Kyrgyz constitutional referendum still planned, despite unrest (22.06.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Kyrgyzstan's interim leader Roza Otunbaeva says authorities are still planning to go ahead with a planned referendum on a new constitution on June 27, despite hundreds of thousands of displaced residents and continuing security concerns linked to the deadly clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks.
Provisional Government blames the media for southern Kyrgyzstan violence (21.06.2010)
(Quelle: EurasiaNet)
Officials are complaining bitterly about what they claim is biased western media coverage of the violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, which has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced hundreds of thousands.
Belarus refuses to extradite former Kyrgyz president (15.06.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Bakiev fled Bishkek on April 7 amid mass protests and has been living in Belarus at the invitation of Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka since mid-April.
Ban discusses crisis with leaders as UN mobilizes aid for civilians (15.06.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
Mr. Ban told Roza Otunbaeva that the UN is closely coordinating with governments and regional organizations to respond to the crisis, in which more than 100 people have reportedly been killed and at least 1,300 injured as a result of the clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks that erupted last week.
South Kyrgyzstan slides out of control (14.06.2010)
(Quelle: IWPR)
Southern Kyrgyzstan remained chaotic following days of clashes that spread from Osh to the neighbouring areas and drove tens of thousands of ethnic Uzbeks to flee towards the border with Uzbekistan.
Kyrgyz tensions rooted in class, not ethnicity, experts say (14.06.2010)
(Quelle: New York Times)
… Uzbeks have prospered and now own many of the businesses in southern Kyrgyzstan, which has engendered resentment. … Ethnic Kyrgyz in the south have remained largely loyal to a president deposed in April, Kurmanbek S. Bakiyev, while ethnic Uzbeks have supported the new interim government.
Fresh rally as tensions continue in South Kyrgyzstan (20.05.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
Thousands of people have rallied in the southern Kyrgyz city of Jalal-Abad as tensions persist following deadly ethnic disturbances there on May 19.
OSCE calls for restraint after deadly Kyrgyz unrest (20.05.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is urging all parties in Kyrgyzstan to avoid further violence following clashes in the south of the country that left at least two people dead. The Kyrgyz interim government declared a state of emergency and imposed a night curfew in the southern city of Jalal-Abad following the May 19 violence.
Ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan presents new test for provisional government (19.05.2010)
(Quelle: Eurasianet)
Kyrgyzstan’s provisional government is trying to enforce a state of emergency in southern Jalal-abad Province after inter-ethnic clashes on May 19 between local Kyrgyz and Uzbeks left at least two dead and 71 injured. Amid swirling rumors, groups of Kyrgyz and Uzbek youths in major settlements, including Jalal-abad and Osh, were reportedly organizing into self-defense groups and arming themselves with clubs and brickbats.
Kyrgyzstan sets referendum, election dates (22.04.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Kyrgyzstan's interim government has announced that the country will hold elections in October, after a referendum aimed at reducing the powers of the president.
Inter-ethnic tension rattles Bishkek (20.04.2010)
(Quelle: Eurasianet)
Political instability is encouraging inter-ethnic hostility in Kyrgyzstan. Some Bishkek schools and shops closed on April 20, a day after a pogrom shattered the peace in a suburb of the Kyrgyz capital. Some non-Kyrgyz residents are now saying they want to leave the Central Asian country.
Kyrgyzstan needs international support after president''s ouster, UN envoy says (16.04.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
Kyrgyzstan still faces a lot of challenges following the ouster of president Kurmanbek Bakiyev and the establishment of a more democratic government, and the international community should step up to the plate to help it, a United Nations special envoy said today.
Ousted President asks for UN peacekeepers (12.04.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Ousted Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev says he has asked the United Nations to send peacekeepers to the Central Asian country after he was forced to flee the capital Bishkek last week.