Kyrgyzstan: Protesters Driven Out of Bishkek
Authorities scupper opposition congress by rounding up participants and bussing them out of the city.
Authorities scupper opposition congress by rounding up participants and bussing them out of the city.
Frontier guards claim their bland diet is forcing them to kill protected species to keep their strength up.
Attendants at Kyrgyz mortuaries resort to desperate measures to dispose of unclaimed bodies.
Poverty and high demand from neighbouring republics are prompting many farmers to break the law.
Antiquated radiotherapy equipment threatens lives of patients and doctors.
Thousands of people in the Fergana valley take to the streets, some attacking the police sent to disperse them.
Army conscripts are hired out as labour by their officers, who collect an easy but illegal profit.
Fear grips Kokand market traders as they await retribution for protest against the authorities.
Opposition is uniting around former allies of President Akaev.
Prisoners stage group protest by slashing their wrists, prompting renewed concern about jail conditions.