Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: Power Down

A narrowly averted industrial action at the capital's power plant has revealed the weaknesses of the Kyrgyz energy sector.

21 Feb 05

International pressure appears to have prompted ban on use of force to extract confessions.

21 Feb 05

Uzbek police attempt to carry off a suspect from Kyrgyz territory foiled by citizen action.

21 Feb 05

Independent newspapers say the much-heralded printing house is charging them far too much.

21 Feb 05

Traders circumvent high Kazak tariffs by smuggling goods in bulk along a particularly porous stretch of border.

21 Feb 05

Officials hope that a dedicated response team will turn the republic’s majestic peaks into a magnet for climbers from across the world.

21 Feb 05

Teachers complain of being roped in to work as election managers, and in some cases to help political candidates’ campaigns.

21 Feb 05

Tashkent is to continue mining its borders even though the threat from Islamic militants appears to have diminished significantly.

21 Feb 05

Hundreds of Azerbaijani women are being trafficked each year and the scale of the problem is only now becoming evident.

21 Apr 04

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