APRIL 2 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) — Police in Kyrgyzstan arrested the Uzbek editor of a newspaper in the south of the country for alleged involvement in the murder of a man during ethnic fighting in 2010. The arrest of Muhammadsoli Ismoilov, editor of Ush Sadosi, triggered a protest by Uzbeks who have complained of police bias and maltreatment.
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(News report from Issue No. 130, published on April 5 2013)
MARCH 27 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – A court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced Maxim Bakiyev, the son of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, to 29 years in jail in absentia for signing off millions of dollars in illegal deals. Bakiyev fled to London after a coup in Kyrgyzstan in 2010. He is currently on bail, facing a series of fraud charges in the US.
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(News report from Issue No. 129, published on March 29 2013)
MARCH 29 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – A Bishkek court jailed three nationalist opposition MPs for between 12 and 18 months for calling for a revolution and trying to break into a Kyrgyz government office in October last year. The politicians — Kamchibek Tashiyev, Sadyr Zhaparov and Talant Mamytov — wanted the Kumtor gold mine to be nationalised.
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(News report from Issue No. 129, published on March 29 2013)
MARCH 28 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Russia’s embassy in Bishkek issued a terse statement criticising a proposal to cut broadcasts of Russian-language programmes from its ORTK channel. The Kyrgyz government said it was spending too much money on broadcasting ORTK shows but a decision to halt programmes could damage relations with Russia.
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(News report from Issue No. 129, published on March 29 2013)
MARCH 14 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Anvar Azimov, a senior Russian diplomat, suggested that Central Asian nationals will need visas to enter Russia from 2015, media reported. Mr Azimov’s comments caused a stir because the economies of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and, to a lesser extent, Uzbekistan are heavily reliant on remittances from workers in Russia.
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(News report from Issue No. 127, published on March 15 2013)
MARCH 14 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Anti-corruption investigators in Kyrgyzstan arrested the heads of the national police academy for bribe-taking and extortion, media reported, underlining the extent of official corruption. The Kyrgyz authorities have launched an aggressive anti-corruption drive during the past year.
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(News report from Issue No. 127, published on March 15 2013)
FEB. 20 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Uzbek hackers attacked the websites of various Kyrgyz government ministries and state-owned companies leaving the message “We’re against racism!”, media reported. Tension between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz has been growing in the south of the country since the beginning of the year.
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(News report from Issue No. 125, published on Feb. 22 2013)
FEB. 20 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Uzbek hackers attacked the websites of various Kyrgyz government ministries and state-owned companies leaving the message “We’re against racism!”, media reported. Tension between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz has been growing in the south of the country since the beginning of the year.
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(News report from Issue No. 125, published on Feb. 22 2013)
FEB. 12 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – A military court in Bishkek sentenced, in absentia, former Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his brother, Janysh, to prison for involvement in the murder of a rival in 2009. Mr Bakiyev fled to Belarus from Kyrgyzstan after a revolution in April 2010. The Kyrgyz authorities have asked Belarus to extradite him.
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(News report from Issue No. 124, published on Feb. 15 2013)
FEB. 12 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – A military court in Bishkek sentenced, in absentia, former Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his brother, Janysh, to prison for involvement in the murder of a rival in 2009. Mr Bakiyev fled to Belarus from Kyrgyzstan after a revolution in April 2010. The Kyrgyz authorities have asked Belarus to extradite him.
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(News report from Issue No. 124, published on Feb. 15 2013)
