http://registan.net/index.php/2005/07/09/ft-no-democracy-in-kyrgyzstan/ Central Asia News -- All Central Asia, All The Time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://registan.net/index.php/2005/07/09/ft-no-democracy-in-kyrgyzstan/comment-page-1/#comment-44422 riting on the wall » kyrgyz thoughts Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:20:20 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=5694#comment-44422 [...] s neighbours will probably put pressure on it to crack down on dissent. link from, again, nathan. drop this train of thought for a moment. i promise we’ll get back around to it. at america abroa [...] [...] s neighbours will probably put pressure on it to crack down on dissent. link from, again, nathan. drop this train of thought for a moment. i promise we’ll get back around to it. at america abroa [...]

]]> http://registan.net/index.php/2005/07/09/ft-no-democracy-in-kyrgyzstan/comment-page-1/#comment-42963 Matt Sun, 10 Jul 2005 20:45:56 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=5694#comment-42963 Radio Liberty/Free Europe states that she was staunchly critical of Akayev during his term, im confused....... Radio Liberty/Free Europe states that she was staunchly critical of Akayev during his term, im confused…….

]]> http://registan.net/index.php/2005/07/09/ft-no-democracy-in-kyrgyzstan/comment-page-1/#comment-42169 david Sat, 09 Jul 2005 21:08:09 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=5694#comment-42169 What a weak article. Any journalist who quotes Toktaiym Umetalieva, without noting that she is an entirely discredited pro-akaev activist, seems lazy at best. I love the pure indolence of then only interviewing her assistant for the second back-up quote. The British press just gets worse and worse. Kyrgyzstan may not have a democracy as we know it, and maybe the new lot aren't much better than the old, but they're still a damn sight more liberal than their neighbours, and under huge pressure from their SCO 'allies'. What a weak article. Any journalist who quotes Toktaiym Umetalieva, without noting that she is an entirely discredited pro-akaev activist, seems lazy at best. I love the pure indolence of then only interviewing her assistant for the second back-up quote. The British press just gets worse and worse. Kyrgyzstan may not have a democracy as we know it, and maybe the new lot aren’t much better than the old, but they’re still a damn sight more liberal than their neighbours, and under huge pressure from their SCO ‘allies’.

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