Osh
(2000 est. pop. 300,000). Between 2,500 and 3,000 years old, Osh is one of Central Asia's oldest settlements. Largely rebuilt during the twentieth century, it is located in southwestern Kyr...
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A prominent independent journalist with close ties to the opposition to the authoritarian regime in neighboring Uzbekistan was shot to death in southern Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, an official said.An...
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BISHKEK, Oct 29 (Reuters) - An independent Uzbek journalist
who was shot dead in Kyrgyzstan last week was probably killed by
attackers who came from neighbouring Uzbekistan, a senior Kyrgyz
offici...
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Moscow (dap) - An independent journalist and sharp critic of
president Islam Kamirov's 18-year grip on power in neighbouring
Uzbekistan was shot dead Wednesday in southern K...
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Moscow (dap) - An independent journalist and sharp critic of
president Islam Kamirov's 18-year grip on power in neighbouring
Uzbekistan was shot dead Wednesday in southern K...
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The Kyrgyz Interior Ministry alleged Tuesday that an independent journalist killed last week in this turbulent ex-Soviet nation was linked to Islamic militants, an accusation his former employer di...
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BRUSSELS, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The European Union condemned on
Wednesday the murder of Kyrgyz journalist and human rights
campaigner Alisher Saipov and called for a thorough
investigation. "The EU d...
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The parties that support Kyrgyzstan's president swept the parliamentary elections, according to final results released Thursday, excluding the opposition from power and raising the risk of politica...
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Thousands of opposition supporters gathered in the main square in Kyrgyzstan's capital Wednesday to press the former Soviet nation's embattled president to resign.President Kurmanbek Bakiyev sought...
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