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Uzbekistan denies Human Rights Watch?
Written by on Friday, 20 July 2007
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[inspic=12,left,150] According to the latest news, the Uzbek authorities have denied an accreditation to the representative of the human rights watchdog in Central Asia – Human Rights Watch (HRW) – Mira Ridman to carry out …

Election Campaign Starts, Opposition Cries Foul
Written by on Friday, 20 July 2007
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Early parliamentary election in Kazakhstan will take place on August 18. Although the Central Election Commission was quick enough to ensure inclusiveness of registration process and gave approval for the opposition’s party list, social-democrats already …

Interview with Kloop on the homebase
Written by on Thursday, 19 July 2007
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Just in case any readers have come directly to the Kyrgyzstan blog and missed it, Ben has posted an interview with Bektour Iskender, cofounder of Kloop, a web portal project based in Kyrgyzstan that …

Kazakhstan: Blogs not only for debate, but also a source
Written by on Thursday, 19 July 2007
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The summer heat is by no means an obstacle for those bloggers who keep on discussing major social and political developments, among which there have been both inspiring and depressive news.
TRIALS
Notably, neweurasia was almost the …

Kyrgyzstan: Interview with Bektour Iskender
Written by on Thursday, 19 July 2007
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Originally published on Global Voices.
Q: Bektour, it’s nice to meet you. Can you tell me what Kloop is and how it works?
A: Kloop is a web portal that consists of a news section and a …

The All-Nation Leader
Written by on Thursday, 19 July 2007
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From a recent Kazakhstani Embassy press release concerning the Consitutional changes:
According to a unanimous decision of all the MPs, the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the all-nation leader N. Nazarbayev is given …

Discussion: Is Islam religion of Peace?
Written by on Wednesday, 18 July 2007
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Some weeks ago I send a group message addressed to friends and colleagues of mine containing web links to a slide-show posted on Jerusalem Online.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/terror1.asp

http://www.jerusalemonline.com/terror2.asp
A response from a friend of mine gave a start to …

Mine Workers and Those Who Judge Them
Written by on Wednesday, 18 July 2007
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Judge in Shakhtinsk, central Kazakhstan, put an end to a noted and loudmouthed trial, which for more than 6 months had being carefully observed not only in our republic but from abroad also. After continued …

Does Turkmenistan really need specialists?
Written by on Tuesday, 17 July 2007
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Nurly’s original post in Russian 12.06.07, Translated by Merdjen
The Niyazov regime made a great number of our fellow citizens leave Turkmenistan for various reasons. I will not try to list them, as we all know …

Believe me, freedom does exist in Turkmenistan!
Written by on Monday, 16 July 2007
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Today I found out that Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov have cancelled pass permits to border zones of Turkmenistan. This is an exciting and important decree for Turkmen people.
I guess this policy of required passes existed to ensure better …