· April, 2007

Stories about Kyrgyzstan from April, 2007

Kyrgyzstan: Protest's Final Day

  24 April 2007

Mirsulzhan Namazaliev reports from the scene on the final day of Kyrgyzstan's protests. In the wake of the dispersal of protesters, the government has been harassing opposition members and opposition publications. Azamat reacts with a call for President Bakiev to leave the opposition alone and get back to work.

Kyrgyzstan: Pandora's Box

  23 April 2007

Beau Gordinier reports on the government's dispersal of protesters demanding the president's resignation in Kyrgyzstan, and discusses what comes next in Kyrgyz politics.

Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek Baby Sales

  18 April 2007

At The Golden Road to Samarqand, Amira discusses recent reports of the sale of babies from hospital's in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek. Amira, who spent a lot of time visiting a Kyrgyz baby house (orphanage for babies) when she lived in Bishkek, says that she is glad that Kyrgyzstan is open...

Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek Baby Sales

  18 April 2007

At The Golden Road to Samarqand, Amira discusses recent reports of the sale of babies from hospital's in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek. Amira, who spent a lot of time visiting a Kyrgyz baby house (orphanage for babies) when she lived in Bishkek, says that she is glad that Kyrgyzstan is open...

Kyrgyzstan: Same protests as every year

  12 April 2007

Kyrgyzstan's post-revolution turmoil is not cooling down even two years after the ouster of ex-President Akayev. The newest episode of opposition protests echoes previous rallies on Bishkek's main square, and will likely yield similar amounts of success, namely very little.

Kyrgyzstan: Reports form the Protest

  11 April 2007

The Kyrgyzstan blog at neweurasia carries numerous posts reporting on the protests in Bishkek against President Kurmanbek Bakiev, including one from Tolkun Umaraliev in which he writes his impressions of the first day of protests.

Kyrgyzstan: The PM, Info War, & Graffiti

  11 April 2007

Teo Kaye reports on the ongoing protests in Bishkek against the president, focusing on anger against the prime minister, the information war between the two sides, and the political graffiti showing up around the capital.

Kyrgyzstan: Protests Begin

  9 April 2007

Teo Kaye reports that protests against President Kurmanbek Bakiev have begun in cities across northern Kyrgyzstan, but that turnout is not as high as press accounts claim it to be.

Kyrgyzstan: Tajikistan in the 90s

  9 April 2007

Vadim draws parallels between Tajik politics in the 1990s and the current political situation in Kyrgyzstan, saying that Kyrgyzstan must do what it can to avoid making the mistakes Tajikistan did.

Kyrgyzstan: Deepening Divisions

  3 April 2007

Kyrgyz Report says that a prominent opposition leader in Kyrgyzstan is worried that the current tensions between the president and his former prime minister, who is currently trying to unite the opposition, will deepen regional divisions in the country.