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The price of humanism

Posted by Yulia | in Opinion | on November 30th, 2006
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According to the information agency 24.kg ,November 30 in Bishkek will be marked as a day when all those advocating abolishing death penalty in Kyrgyzstan will be rallying in the downtown of the Kyrgyz capital. This rally is a part of the worldwide rally “Cities for life-cities against the death penalty”. It covers more […]

Bishkek is Against Capital Punishment

Posted by Tolkun | in Announcements, Civil society, NGOs | on November 30th, 2006
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On November 30, 2006, Bishkek is going to host a big action named “Bishkek for Life – Against the Death Penalty” aimed at supporting the abolition of capital punishment in Kyrgyzstan under the worldwide action “Cities for Life – Against Death Penalty” organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio. Bishkek is not the only city […]

Generation next chooses…nasvai

Posted by Yulia | in Youth | on November 22nd, 2006
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This is a translation of the article that Alieva posted on the Russian version of neweurasia.
There is a tradition to overindulge kids. They are allowed to do pretty much whatever they want. Sometimes, though, it becomes deadly dangerous. One of the examples of seemingly harmless kid’s “game” nowadays is consuming nasvai. A while ago […]

Is Bakiev safe aboard?

Posted by Yulia | in Rumours, rumours... | on November 21st, 2006
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Kyrgyz president may be in danger when flying abroad. Presidential airplanes recently became the topic for the press to seize upon and discuss in details.
Just recently the only carrier of Kurmanbek Bakiev collided on the ground with an American refueling plane on September 26. Shortly after the investigation of the incident was launched […]

Serial killer in Bishkek

Posted by Yulia | in Rumours, rumours... | on November 16th, 2006
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This is a translation of the post that originally appeared in Russian on the Russian version of neweurasia
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It turned out that it was too early to sigh with relief after all disturbances connected with the rally of the Kyrgyz opposition got calmed down. We hardly had enough time to get our feet back under us […]

The Constitution we ended up with…

Posted by Yulia | in Revolution fever, Publications, Opinion, Politics | on November 15th, 2006
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This is a translation of the analysis that Inga posted on Russian neweurasia. She explains in details who benefited from adopting new Kyrgyz Constitution.
New Constitution is adopted in Kyrgyzstan. This fact is cheered by everyone, including the people, the president and the parliament. Crowds of former protesters greeted new constitution with fireworks, the White House […]

Tailoring Constitution overnight

Posted by Yulia | in Revolution fever, Opinion, Politics | on November 9th, 2006
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New Constitution of Kyrgyzstan was tailored literally within 2 nights. Amidst the public disturbance caused by the opposition rally in the capital city Bishkek Kyrgyz president chose to compromise with opposition and signed the draft of the Constitution that restricts his power dramatically.
The parliament voted for the new Constitution late at night. It […]

Messing up with Constitution

Posted by Yulia | in Revolution fever, Politics | on November 7th, 2006
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7th of November is a public holiday in Kyrgyzstan. It marks the day of the Great October Revolution back in 1917 when the tsarist regime in Russian Empire was overthrown and replaced by Bolsheviks.
Ironically enough this day is said to mark a beginning of a new epoch in Kyrgyzstan. After an emergency session gathered […]

Information battles in Kyrgyz mass media

Posted by Yulia | in Revolution fever, Opinion, Politics | on November 7th, 2006
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The fever of opposition protests in Kyrgyzstan coincided with the beginning of the very first real information war in the classical sense of this word in the country. To be precise, it is exactly the wave of protests, which sparked the war of compromat. The link in this case is as visible as the […]

Different views on the opposition rally in Bishkek. Roundup

Posted by Yulia | in Revolution fever, Opinion, Politics | on November 6th, 2006
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The rally of the Kyrgyz opposition in the capital of the country has been stirring the country for 4 days already. Our authors seized in this issue sharing their opinions and offering insights. Here we present translated fragments of what has been written on our Russian language version for during 4 days of the […]

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