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Topic: Human rights in Kyrgyzstan

	Kyrgyzstan: Human Rights Fact Sheet (Human Rights Watch Fact Sheet, September 2002)
		For much of the 1990's Kyrgyzstan was described as an "island of democracy" in a region with corrupt and repressive political leaders.
		Kyrgyzstan, a country of 4.75 million people with few natural resources, received minimal attention from the United States government prior to the Bush administration's declaration of a global campaign against terrorism and the decision to base U.S. troops at Kyrgyzstan's Manas airbase.
		Tursunbek Akunov, chair of the Human Rights Movement of Kyrgyzstan was reportedly a particular target of police harassment during the Aksy protests in March.
	www.hrw.org /press/2002/09/kyrgyzstan-factsheet.htm (1941 words)

	Kyrgyzstan: Amnesty International's Human Rights Concerns
		Kyrgyzstan: Uzbekistan in Pursuit of Refugees in Kyrgyzstan:A Follow-up Report
		Kyrgyzstan: Refugees -- 14 released, 15 remain in detention
		Kyrgyzstan: Uzbekistan in Pursuit of Refugees in Kyrgyzstan: A Follow-up Report
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/kyrgyzstan/index.do (140 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Summary Record - Kyrgyzstan
		Kyrgyzstan's domestic and foreign policy reflected the principle that all human rights were common, interdependent and indivisible.
		Kyrgyzstan complied closely with its commitments under the human rights instruments to which it had acceded within the framework of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
		Kyrgyzstan had previously had very structured institutions, and to some extent that was still the case; there would need to be considerable changes if the Government was to achieve its aims.
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/80a9997f8cb143fe80256835005f6d97?Opendocument (4166 words)

	FRONTLINE/WORLD . Kyrgyzstan - The Kidnapped Bride . Facts and Stats \| PBS
		Kyrgyzstan, sometimes dubbed "the Switzerland of Central Asia," is famous for its dramatic landscape of snowcapped mountains, glaciers and high-altitude lakes.
		Kyrgyzstan is a republic, with a president who acts as chief of state and a prime minister who heads the government.
		Kyrgyzstan prides itself on a strong universal education system; the government estimates that, since the 1970s, almost two-thirds of the country's adult population has received at least a secondary education.
	www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/stories/kyrgyzstan/facts.html (1239 words)

	2004 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Kyrgyz Republic
		Although human rights groups were generally allowed to work freely, and a government Ombudsman's Office continued to work actively to advocate for individual rights, the Government continued to occasionally harass and pressure some groups.
		Human rights groups generally operated in a sometimes hostile environment and were faced with occasional government pressure to curtail their activities.
		Human rights groups and the Kyrgyz Children's Fund (KCF) monitored the condition of children and advocated for child rights.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41690.htm (12627 words)

	Kyrgyzstan
		There were concerns by citizens active in politics or human rights problems that the privacy of their communications was violated, but evidence to that effect is not available.
		Human rights groups operated in an increasingly hostile environment and were faced with continuous government pressure to curtail their activities, especially activities related to the parliamentary and presidential elections.
		The Constitution provides for the rights and freedom of individuals and prohibits discrimination, including that based on language, and the Government expresses a strong commitment to protecting the rights of members of all ethnic, religious, and linguistic groups, as well as those of women; however, in practice it does not always ensure these rights effectively.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/eur/807.htm (11799 words)

	Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Kyrgyzstan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Zhorobekov, deputy of the Kyrgyzstan Parliament, in the summer of 1996, which states that citizens can practice every "historical traditional religion." A religious community may not be registered if its activity puts conflicts between people or if most of the citizens of the country have never professed this religion before.
		The major human rights issues existing in Kyrgyzstan are executive domination of the judiciary system, ethnic discrimination, and restriction of freedom of speech and the press.
		While the participation of a defense counsel is guaranteed by law at all stages in the process, in practice the interrogation organs (the procurator's offices and the police) have the ability to restrict the accused's access to a lawyer.
	www.fsumonitor.com /stories/asem1kyr.shtml (2011 words)

	Democracy and Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
		As you will hear (and have heard) much today about the specific conditions in Kyrgyzstan from those who live there or from those who have left because their lives were made so difficult that they must now live elsewhere to struggle for human rights in Kyrgyzstan.
		I read about human rights activists getting beaten, I hear of religious missionaries getting arrested, of members of the press whom I respect as honest journalists like Zamira Sydykova having enormous difficulties getting their publications out because of punitive fines and other forms of harassment.
		Kyrgyzstan's economy is too small to go it alone and the realization that economic reform was sure to fail absent a regional market must undoubtedly have fueled but not excuse the salting away of international assistance money.
	www.carnegieendowment.org /publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=876&prog=zru (1488 words)

	Human Rights Internet - The Human Rights Databank
		Since Kyrgyzstan declared independence in 1991, the ancient practice of bride kidnapping, outlawed during Soviet rule, has been on the ascent largely because it is seen as a positive Kyrgyz cultural identity marker long denied by the Russians.
		Not only is this a violation of women's rights and dignity but, like all human rights violations, it serves to injure and reduce the dignity of the community by contributing significantly to the downward spiral of emotional and physical well-being of women in Kyrgyzstan.
		She recently spent two in Kyrgyzstan working for the UNDP and UNHCR, and completing a Ph.D. dissertation on gendered ethnicity and democracy in Kyrgyzstan at the Gender Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
	www.hri.ca /tribune/viewArticle.asp?ID=2540 (1151 words)

	TURKISTAN NEWSLETTER - Special Issue on Human Rights - Republished by EurasiaNews - Eurasia Research Center
		Human Rights Watch gathered testimony in the Karategin area pointing to disproportionate and indiscriminate force by government forces during the hostilities, and to rape, torture, and the looting and torching of civilian homes.
		Human Rights Watch senior staff and board members had planned to raise this case, among others, with Niyazov and other senior Turkmen officials during a May visit to the region; however, the Turkmen government refused to meet with and denied visas to our delegation.
		Human Rights Watch prepared briefing materials on human rights issues in Kazakstan and Kyrgyzstan for First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and urged her to raise human rights concerns during her November 1997 visit to those countries.
	eurasia-research.com /1205humanrights.htm (8950 words)

	Kyrgyzstan Human Rights - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Nevertheless, the republic remains generally more sensitive to human rights than are the states in its immediate environment.
		In practice, however, the Akayev government has proven itself generally responsive on issues of human rights, at least in part because of the republic's dependence upon the approval of Western financial supporters.
		Although this arrest was subsequently found to be in technical agreement with Kyrgyzstani law, the public manner in which the arrest was conducted demonstrated Kyrgyzstan's lack of resources to defend human rights activists.
	www.photius.com /countries/kyrgyzstan/government/kyrgyzstan_government_human_rights.html (284 words)

	Kyrgyzstan Human Rights
		The law permits the accused and the defense counsel the right to access to all evidence gathered by the procurator, attend all proceedings, which were usually public, to question witnesses, and to present evidence.
		Human rights groups generally operated in a hostile environment and were faced with continuous government pressure to curtail their activities.
		Human rights groups and the KCF monitored the condition of children and advocated for child rights.
	www.nationbynation.com /Kyrgyzstan/Human.html (18576 words)

	BBSNews - Kyrgyzstan: Protecting Rights Should Top the Agenda
		In a five-page letter to Acting President Kurmanbek Bakiev, Human Rights Watch proposed an agenda for the protection of human rights in Kyrgyzstan in the aftermath of former President Askar Akaev’s resignation.
		Human Rights Watch called on the new government to ensure that upcoming presidential elections are free and fair, and that new parliamentary elections be held in due time following the presidential vote.
		Kyrgyzstan experienced several years of thaw after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and had the reputation for being one of the more reformist governments in Central Asia.
	bbsnews.net /article.php/20050412164219189 (531 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Concluding Observations/Comments - Kyrgyzstan
		Measures should be taken to enhance awareness of the Covenant, and its Optional Protocol through a programme of dissemination of human rights texts and the systematic training of all persons involved in the administration of justice, in particular judges, lawyers, prosecutors and prison personnel.
		The Committee is concerned about the intimidation and harassment, in particular by government officials, of journalists and human rights activists, including members of human rights non-governmental organizations, who have been subjected to prosecution, fines and imprisonment.
		Journalists and human rights activists subjected to imprisonment in contravention of articles 9 and 19 of the Covenant should be released, rehabilitated and given compensation pursuant to articles 9.5 and 14.6 of the Covenant.
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/a4b8ed9cb7fb5678c125693d004e3e8d?Opendocument (2036 words)

	U.S.: Global Human Rights Report Cites Improvements, And Setbacks - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In issuing the State Department's annual "Country Reports On Human Rights" for 2005, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said at a news briefing that the goal is not to pass judgment on any country, but to erect a guidepost that promotes respect for human rights around the world.
		Uzbekistan's human rights record deteriorated in 2005 from a state that already was not enviable, according to the report.
		"States that severely and systematically violate the human rights of their own people are likely to pose threats to neighboring countries and the international community, and Iran is a case in point," he said.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2006/03/614449A1-E41A-4625-A473-5C69237BCDA5.html (1353 words)

	Free Speech and Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan - Roots of the Current Poliitcal Crisis - Carnegie Endowment for ...
		Instead of discouraging Akaev from violating human rights, the US presence has effectively untied Akaev's hands to act as he pleases, she said, since he knows the counter-terrorism coalition cannot allow the destabilization of the region that his ouster would bring.
		Kyrgyzstan's citizens see this on the horizon, thus the demonstrations against Akaev continue, unsanctioned, and further crackdowns are "likely."
		On US State Department assistance winning the abolishment of Decree 20, which restricted media freedoms, and in funding an independent publishing house, Sydykova expressed a concern that this was "too little, too late." Now, independent newspapers have the facilities to print, but few publications have survived long enough to take advantage of them.
	www.carnegieendowment.org /events/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail&id=495&&proj=zdrl (762 words)

	Human Rights Watch flays deteriorating rights record (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		According to the activist, in Kyrgyzstan, as elsewhere throughout the former Soviet Union, there have been consistent reports of the torture of detainees by police, unjust and politically motivated trials, and horrendous prison conditions.
		Her comments follow a letter by the rights group to Bush on 12 September asking him to urge the Kyrgyz government to take a number of steps before the Akaev visit.
		Numerous members of the political opposition who had declared their candidacy were excluded from the race after failing to pass a Kyrgyz language test put forth by the government-organised linguistic committee, while others were arrested on trumped up charges and therefore deprived of their place on the list of candidates, she explained.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=30019 (700 words)

	World Movement for Democracy - Political and Civic Participation of Youth
		Youth Human Rights Group is run by a group of young activists whose main goal is the protection and promotion of human rights in Kyrgyzstan.
		The group is active in several areas, such as human rights monitoring, education and awareness raising, legal counseling, and legislative reforms.
		Headquartered in Voronezh, Russia, Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM) is a network of young activists and youth organizations in Russia and other New Independent States working to shape a new generation of human rights leaders, to promote human rights and universal human values, and to develop effective methods for protection of rights and freedoms.
	www.wmd.org /wbdo/may-july04/humanRights.html (752 words)

	EurasiaNet Human Rights - In Kyrgyzstan, Heroin Treatment Programs Show Promise
		Kyrgyzstan is struggling to contain the social threat posed by drug addiction, and the associated danger of HIV/AIDS.
		A dramatic rise in drug addition in Kyrgyzstan, and across Central Asia, accompanied the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
		Kyrgyzstan became the only former Soviet republic to administer methadone treatments out of desperation, according Mamasobir Burhanov, the head of Osh oblast’s main dispensary.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/rights/articles/eav070703.shtml (1069 words)

	THE DANISH INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - Kyrgyzstan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Following a number of short term consultancies and smaller projects the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) was in 2003 invited by the Royal Danish Foreign Ministry to step up its involvement in Central Asia.
		Kyrgyzstan was regarded as the most open and democratic society in Central Asia.
		Kyrgyzstan has introduced several economic reforms and is a member of the WTO.
	www.humanrights.dk /departments/international/partnercountries/Kyrgyzstan (343 words)

	Kyrgyzstan - Treaties: Ratifications and Reservations
		The provisions of the Constitution are in accord with the provisions of the Universal Declaration and the international covenants and instruments pertaining to human rights.
		A Human Rights Committee and a Commission on Education, Women, the Family and Youth operate in the Legislative Assembly of the Zhogorku Kenesh.
		In addition to ratifying the major international human rights instruments, Kyrgyzstan is a party to human rights treaties within the Commonwealth of Independent States.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2001/vol3/kyrgyzstanrr.htm (420 words)

	World Movement for Democracy - Human Rights Networking
		We also connect 24 human rights defenders in the region who are of different professions united by the common idea of restoring justice.
		Later, on the basis of the centers, public human rights offices were opened to serve as branches of "Spravedlivost." Finally, these offices organized themselves into independent human rights organizations, which later signed a memorandum establishing a Network.
		As active members of the global human rights community, representatives of our organizations attend numerous meetings and conferences dedicated to human rights, which gives us further opportunity to network, find partners, and learn from one another.
	www.wmd.org /wbdo/mar-may05/Spravedlivost.html (1705 words)

	FRONTLINE/WORLD . Kyrgyzstan - The Kidnapped Bride . Links \| PBS
		According to UNESCO, tourism in Kyrgyzstan is growing at an annual rate of 15 to 20 percent, with visitors attracted to the nation's Tien Shan mountain range and Lake Issyk-Kul, the second-largest high-altitude lake in the world.
		In 1999, BBC correspondent Sue Lloyd-Roberts traveled to Kyrgyzstan, where she witnessed the reaction of an unsuspecting young woman as the women of the would-be groom's house tried to place a headscarf on her head, thereby sealing her fate.
		Human Rights Watch's Kyrgyzstan Web page is replete with information about the state of human rights in the country.
	www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/stories/kyrgyzstan/links.html (1456 words)

	Press Releases: Ferghana Valley, Kyrgyzstan: Uzbeks disappear while seeking asylum
		Kyrgyzstan has been developing a closer relationship with Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyz authorities recently carried out policing operations allegedly targeting "religious extremists" or suspected "terrorists" in the south.
		Human Rights Watch spoke with Babajanov, who had been staying in Osh at the home of the head of the local State Committee for Migration and Employment, on August 12.
		An ethnic Uzbek resident in Osh told Human Rights Watch that he believed his brother back in Uzbekistan had been forced to call relatives resettled in the United States to tell them that "very big people" would guarantee their safety if they returned home.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SODA-6SZ3UW?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-P (819 words)

	stopVAW -- Kyrgyzstan<DIV align=right><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><EM>Kyrgyzstan Monitors for the ...
		According to the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, the high cost of living forces women to accept jobs that are more dangerous, require hard labor or fail to meet minimum health and safety requirements.
		According to the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Kyrgyzstan is considered a country of primarily origin and transit for human trafficking.
		Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective - Violence Against Women, Addendum 1, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 27 Feb. 2003.
	www.stopvaw.org /Kyrgyzstan.html (1374 words)

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