KelKel is a youth movement in Kyrgyzstan that gained some prominence during the Tulip Revolution of March 2005 that culminated in the ouster of President Askar Akayev.
Translated from the Kyrgyz language, KelKel means "renaissance and shining of the good".
At present, KelKel is a registered youth organization - "KelKel: civil youth movement" - that aims to be an active but non-partisan part of civil society and a participant in public debate and strategic discussions.
KelKel's national coordinator, Alisher Mamasaliev, was also on the square when the angry crowd assaulted security forces.
KelKel was set up in January with a view to inciting the Kyrgyz youth to be more politically active.
Mamasaliev said KelKel already has questions regarding the composition of the new government and an attempt by the country's new leadership to impose control over national television.
KelKel already has more than 300 members, mainly from Bishkek universities, and describes itself as a civic campaign of non-violent resistance, founded to ensure free and honest elections.
Chinara Aitbaeva, a member of the organising committee, said groups like KelKel are needed to shield students from the government practice of applying pressure, through teachers and school and university heads, to force pupils to vote for regime candidates.
Observers say the emergence of rival KelKels is an attempt by the opposition and government to draw Kyrgyz youth into their political battles.
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Kygyzstan: Youth Leader Speaks About Opposition Organization's Intentions - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
KelKel (New Epoch) is a youth organization in Kyrgyzstan that was established before the February 27 parliamentary elections.
Despite the declaration, the political position of KelKel is very clear: they want President Askar Akayev to step down at the end of his term in October.
KelKel plans to organize summer courses for young people with the purpose of raising the political awareness of a young electorate and to train election observers ahead of October's presidential ballot.
Loosely translated, KelKel means ânew epochâ in Kyrgyz and the group -- using adapted lyrics to a popular movie tune -- is appealing to youth across the country to vote on 27 February against a government it accuses of corruption and authoritarian practices.
KelKel is one of many youth groups and parties that have sprung up recently in Kyrgyzstan, representing the full political spectrum from pro-government to neutral, to resolutely antigovernment.
KelKelâs leader, Alisher Mamasaliev, faces a court case over an allegedly unsanctioned rally.
Kyrgyzstan: Youth Group Says Fight Is Not Over - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Mamasaliev says KelKel members decided to take the perimeter under control themselves, and started telling people to stop plundering the White House.
She says most of them were from those Kyrgyz cities that had come under opposition control in the days preceding the Bishkek events.
Mamasaliev says KelKel already has questions regarding the composition of the new government and an attempt by the country's new leadership to impose control over national television.
Kelkel - Der City-Makler für Läden und Geschäftshäuser in 1a-Lagen.
KELKEL ist ein qualifiziertes Immobilienunternehmen, das auf die Vermittlung von Läden und Geschäftshäuser spezialisiert ist.
Der Erfolg von KELKEL basiert auf der zuverlässigen und soliden Partnerschaft mit Kauf- und Mietinteressenten sowie mit Hauseigentümern und Vermietern.
I am a member of youth movement KelKel, which means "revival", "rebirth" and also revolt against the oppression.
One important part is when newly appointed Interior Minister Duishebaev came in civil dress and sunglasses, to watch the situation and was invited by the opposition go up the building and promise "not to use force against your own people".
To say a little about KelKel in the new night, our youth movement will be officially registered, have an office and can plan its active and powerful movements about mobilizing civil consciousness and raising important issues in politics and bring impact to society.
This domain name was then used as the site of a KelKel "clone" that was pro-government and non-political, announcing "We are for stability in the country and do not want young people to be used as pioneers for an imported revolution or for personal interests.
The clone KelKel parried by distributing lemon tea to passers-by at a February event called "Dobryi limonnik" under the slogan, "They scare us with lemons, but we crush them!" The original KelKel was quick to move to a new domain and posted a warning on the new site about the clone.
The moves by KelKel and Birge to counter efforts to discredit them reflect a wider trend of proactive Internet usage among opposition activists, particularly to mobilize supporters and communicate with other pro-democracy and youth movements abroad.
As a rule, the student movements which have played a great role in fostering political change in [certain] countries [Georgia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan] did so due to their ability to rapidly gather large numbers of young people.
In the period of revolutionary changes in March and April 2005, KelKel represented this type of organizations in Kyrgyzstan.
But at present, none of the existing youth organizations is able to quickly assemble even 200 people.
Das Ing.-Büro Achim Kelkel, Ihr zentraler Ansprechpartner für alle genannten Aufgabenstellungen, mit der Leistungsfähigkeit eines modernen Kooperations-
Ein weiterer Aspekt ist eine durch den Groupware-Provider gewährleistete zusätzliche professionelle Datensicherheit der Projektdaten.
However, it was ruled that kelkel was an organization and as such was not properly registered.
A pro-government group then registered kelkel as an organization and managed to have kelkel.kg turned over to them claiming copyright violations.
There have also been Denial of Service (DoS) attacks that have made some opposition websites (www.gazeta.kg, www.kyrgyz.us, www.ar-namys.org) hosted outside of Kyrgyzstan inaccessible for period of time (to all users, inside and outside of KG).
It turns out that the KelKel link I had been using was for a youth group created by pro-government forces to create confusion.
My name is Sascha and I’m a student at Portland State (I see you’re from Roseburg!) writing about the youth groups involved in the colorful revolutions.
I’m trying to track down an email address for someone in KelKel but they don’t seem to have a vibrant web presence.
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