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Almazbek Atambaev is sworn in as president of Kyrgyzstan on December 1. (Photo: Sultan Dosaliev/Kyrgyz presidential press office)
Kyrgyzstan's New Leader Sworn In
Timur Toktonaliev
2 Dec 11
President Atambaev shares inauguration ceremony stage with his predecessor as head of state – a first for Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia generally.

In the first democratic handover of power in any Central Asian state, Almazbek Atambaev was sworn in as president of Kyrgyzstan on December 1.

An Uzbek man breaks bread with two Kyrgyz, in a communal ceremony on June 10 to mark the first anniversary of the outbreak of bloodshed in Osh. (Photo: Igor Kovalenko)
Kyrgyzstan Remembers and Rebuilds
IWPR Central Asia
15 Jun 11
Images reflect progress made in repairing damaged homes, though mistrust between communities will be harder to mend.

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Kazakstan: More of the Same Despite Reform Talk
Almaz Rysaliev
17 May 11
Interview with Andrei Chebotarev, director of the Alternativa Centre for Political Studies in Kazakstan.

In this video interview, political analyst Andrei Chebotarev discusses Kazakstan’s prospects following the election of President Nursultan Nazarbaev to another term in office on April 4.

As part of national commemorations of the 2010 revolution and the violence that accompanied it, mourners visited the graves of relatives killed during the protests. (Photo: Igor Kovalenko)
Kyrgyzstan Marks Uprising Date in Sorrow
Igor Kovalenko
3 May 11
Images of commemorations for those killed in April 2010 violence.

Memorial ceremonies were held across Kyrgyzstan on April 7 to mark the first anniversary of a popular revolt that forced the country’s president Kurmanbek Bakiev out of office.

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Kyrgyzstan Needs Carefully Considered Foreign Policy
Dina Tokbaeva
24 Feb 11
Diplomacy must stay on track as country experiments with parliamentary democracy.

A leading Kyrgyz diplomatic expert says that as the country’s new coalition government formulates its foreign policy, it would do well to seek consistency and continuity  in relations wi

Armed men roam the streets of Osh as a pall of smoke settles over the city. (Photo: Inga Sikorskaya)
Mayhem in Osh
Inga Sikorskaya
24 Jun 10
IWPR editor describes four days of violence and chaos in southern city.

Pictures Alleged to Libel Uzbek Nation
Umida Ahmedova
22 Jan 10
Photographs of life in rural Uzbekistan by Umida Ahmedova, taken from the book “Women and Men from Dawn to Dusk”, which the authorities say defame the Uzbek nation.

Published with the photographer's permission.

The Cost of Uzbek White Gold
IWPR
10 Dec 04
Child labor during the cotton harvest across Uzbekistan. Photographs by Thomas Grabka with a report by IWPR.