CA and related news
Latest issue of the Central Asia - Caucasus Analyst is available online.
Central Asia Media Online is offering a free preview video download of events on Friday 17 June in English (direct link to download).
Forum 18 has a report from Kyrgyzstan that an official is claiming government control of Islam.
Following Kurmanbek Bakiev's line, acting first Deputy Prime Minister Feliks Kulov has also suspended his official duties to pursue the election campaign, reports RFE/RL. Kulov is running on a joint ticket with Bakiev, so will mainly be assisting with Bakiev's campaign. The two struck a deal earlier to run in tandem amidst fears that divisions between the supporters of the two could lead to more instability.
Transitions On-Line (TOL) has an article about the continuing unrest in Bishkek and possible reasons for it.
Eurasianet also has an article about the unrest and what the provisional government is trying to do to quell it.
Interfax reports that Kulov has urged restraint in punishing those involved in Friday's disturbances. His comments come in the wake of offical comments suggesting a new harder line against uprisings and disturbances that were made over the weekend.
Interfax also reports that the central square in Bishkek, Ploshchad Ala-Too, has been cordoned off by police, including in front of the White House. An Interior Ministry was quoted as saying that "The measures were taken to prevent possible provocations on the part of destructive elements".
RIA Novosti's roundup of what the CIS press is saying about Russia includes the following from Kyrgyzstan:
The press is astonished about Russia's support for Tashkent (Uzbekistan) in its refusal to let in international investigators into the May riots in Andizhan. "It is hard to believe that the Russian leadership seriously thinks that the efforts of the special investigative commission set up by the Uzbek parliament will be enough. It is Uzbekistan we are talking about - a country where an independent presidential candidate admitted that he had voted for current President Karimov." (Ar Namys, June 11.)
The press was especially critical of Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov who said Russia could deliver a preemptive strike at foreign terrorist bases. "A preemptive strike at another country is tantamount to interference in domestic affairs of a sovereign state. The Kyrgyz government should immediately react to such statements. People should reply to them by demanding a withdrawal of Russian military forces from Kyrgyzstan. (KyrgyzInfo, June 14.)
The press once again calls for closing down the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzatan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) and the CIS because of their futility. "Financial provision of these organizations is a heavy burden for tax payers in these countries... These organizations are allegedly set up to fight extremism and terrorism, but in fact they form anti-popular structures to support despotic regimes." (Gazeta.KG, June 13.)
Finally, Charter 97 reports on the woeful human rights situation in Belarus, with reports on political prisoners including Syarhai Skrabets' 37-day hunger strike, Lukashenka's fear of Orange Revolutions and the steps he's taking against the possibility of this phenomenon reaching Belarus, and plenty of other commentary and stories.
Central Asia Media Online is offering a free preview video download of events on Friday 17 June in English (direct link to download).
Forum 18 has a report from Kyrgyzstan that an official is claiming government control of Islam.
Following Kurmanbek Bakiev's line, acting first Deputy Prime Minister Feliks Kulov has also suspended his official duties to pursue the election campaign, reports RFE/RL. Kulov is running on a joint ticket with Bakiev, so will mainly be assisting with Bakiev's campaign. The two struck a deal earlier to run in tandem amidst fears that divisions between the supporters of the two could lead to more instability.
Transitions On-Line (TOL) has an article about the continuing unrest in Bishkek and possible reasons for it.
Eurasianet also has an article about the unrest and what the provisional government is trying to do to quell it.
Interfax reports that Kulov has urged restraint in punishing those involved in Friday's disturbances. His comments come in the wake of offical comments suggesting a new harder line against uprisings and disturbances that were made over the weekend.
Interfax also reports that the central square in Bishkek, Ploshchad Ala-Too, has been cordoned off by police, including in front of the White House. An Interior Ministry was quoted as saying that "The measures were taken to prevent possible provocations on the part of destructive elements".
RIA Novosti's roundup of what the CIS press is saying about Russia includes the following from Kyrgyzstan:
The press is astonished about Russia's support for Tashkent (Uzbekistan) in its refusal to let in international investigators into the May riots in Andizhan. "It is hard to believe that the Russian leadership seriously thinks that the efforts of the special investigative commission set up by the Uzbek parliament will be enough. It is Uzbekistan we are talking about - a country where an independent presidential candidate admitted that he had voted for current President Karimov." (Ar Namys, June 11.)
The press was especially critical of Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov who said Russia could deliver a preemptive strike at foreign terrorist bases. "A preemptive strike at another country is tantamount to interference in domestic affairs of a sovereign state. The Kyrgyz government should immediately react to such statements. People should reply to them by demanding a withdrawal of Russian military forces from Kyrgyzstan. (KyrgyzInfo, June 14.)
The press once again calls for closing down the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzatan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) and the CIS because of their futility. "Financial provision of these organizations is a heavy burden for tax payers in these countries... These organizations are allegedly set up to fight extremism and terrorism, but in fact they form anti-popular structures to support despotic regimes." (Gazeta.KG, June 13.)
Finally, Charter 97 reports on the woeful human rights situation in Belarus, with reports on political prisoners including Syarhai Skrabets' 37-day hunger strike, Lukashenka's fear of Orange Revolutions and the steps he's taking against the possibility of this phenomenon reaching Belarus, and plenty of other commentary and stories.
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