13-year old Guljamal is a lively girl, who loves to jump around, dance and smash bottles, but she spends her days at home raising her younger brother. She dreams of love and a boy called Marat, but lives in a culture where many young girls are kidnapped and married to strange men.

This is the […]

This is a translation of Mirulzhan’s post from the Russian version of neweurasia.
The day started as usually, though the opposition leaders claimed that there will be the change of the regime, for the second time. A little bit more than 3.000 people, more than I wrote before, came to the protests. The lunch […]

This is a translation of Mirsulzhan’s post.
There were only about two or three thousand people on a meeting. The majority came from other cities and did not understand the oppositions’ demands.
One adult man came from the Bakai-atinski district of Talas region. He was dressed in a warm coat, covered with the flags of […]

This is a translation of Mirsulzhan’s post, who is reporting directly from the protests in Bishkek.
The day has come. I am scared, not for myself, but for my country. I hope everything will be all right, and that there will be no “coup”. If the regime changes today, it will NOT be a revolution, […]

This is a translation of Mirsulzhan’s post, who is reporting directly from the protests in Bishkek.
“If Bakiyev does not answer the requirements of the protesters’ demands, there will be unrest in the city…”, said two young girls on the square, who came from Kara-Balty. One of them added that a deputy (of something […]