RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN ATTENDS CIS SUMMIT IN MINSK
(L to R) Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia, Viktor Yuschenko of Ukraine, Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan and Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan walk before their summit in Minsk, Belarus on November 28, 2006. The heads of 11 former Soviet republics on Tuesday opened a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States expected to focus on reforming the 15-year-old organization. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Newly elected Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov said he wanted to usher in an era of peace and stability to a country still dealing with ethnic disputes.
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The justice system in Kyrgyzstan has "utterly failed" in investigating ethnic violence that followed the country's coup last year, Human Rights Watch said.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The new government in Kyrgyzstan needs to take measures to end impunity in cases of torture by law enforcement officials, a U.N. envoy said.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A day after the country swore in a new president, the United Nations said it was sending a human rights envoy to Kyrgyzstan to investigate ethnic violence.
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Despite political breakthroughs in Kyrgyzstan, persecution of the minority Uzbek community has become "systemic," a human rights lawyer said.
JALAL ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Election officials in southern Kyrgyzstan said the weekend election was fair though some communities are calling for the results to be overturned.
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The candidate set to take the presidency in Kyrgyzstan said he was reluctant to offer continued support for the U.S military base in his country.
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Protesters in southern Kyrgyzstan took to the streets Monday after it emerged the former prime minister was the winner of a weekend election.
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev had an outright majority of votes amid charges of foul play in the country's presidential election, officials said.
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