Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan Goes After Its Uighurs

by Joshua Foust

These people just can’t get a break. Kyrgyzstan’s police detained two Uighur community leaders after they accused China of “state terrorism” at a rally on Monday and called for an independent investigation of last month’s clashes in neighbouring Xinjiang. About 500 Uighurs gathered at a building on the outskirts of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek with [...]

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Uzbekistan Protests New Russian Base

by Nathan Hamm
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Uzbekistan is stepping up its criticism of Russia’s plan to open a second military base in Kyrgyzstan, this one to be placed near Uzbekistan’s border in the Ferghana Valley. It has stepped up the rhetoric, claiming that the new base would destabilize the region and provoke extremists. “The implementation of such projects on complex and [...]

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