Kyrgyzstan ethnic violence has displaced 400,000, says UN
The UN humanitarian office spokeswoman, Elisabeth Byrs, said an estimated 300,000 people had been driven from their homes but remained inside Kyrgyzstan, and there were about 100,000 refugees in neighbouring Uzbekistan. The last official estimate of refugees who had fled the country was 75,000. No number of internally displaced has previously been available. Violence between the majority Kyrgyz po
Kyrgyzstan killings are attempted genocide, say ethnic Uzbeks
It was early afternoon when the mob surged down an alley of neat rose bushes and halted outside Zarifa's house. The Kyrgyz men broke into her courtyard and sat Zarifa down next to a cherry tree. They asked her a couple of questions. After confirming she was an ethnic Uzbek, they stripped her, raped her and cut off her fingers. After that they killed her and her small son, throwing their bodies int
Uzbek refugees flee Kyrgyzstan violence
The UN refugee agency is co-ordinating a humanitarian response to the crisis Thousands of ethnic Uzbeks have massed at the Uzbekistan border in an attempt to escape violence in Kyrgyzstan which has left at least 138 dead. Reports suggest that Uzbekistan is considering closing its borders as the build-up continues, despite requests by the UN to keep it open.
Kyrgyzstan erupts into ethnic war
Kyrgyzstan was tonight in the grip of a bloody ethnic war after rioting that erupted four days ago in the southern city of Osh spread rapidly to other areas, with gun battles raging between Kyrgyz and Uzbek youths. The country's interim government granted its security forces shoot-to-kill powers and promised to send a volunteer force to the region. But the violence continued, taking the death toll
asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：放火、略奪…キルギス民族衝突激化 隣国へ７万人超避難 - 国際
キルギス南部の国境地帯で１２日、隣国ウズベキスタンに避難しようと集まったウズベク系住民たち＝ＡＰ 【モスクワ＝星井麻紀】中央アジア・キルギス南部で起きたキルギス系とウズベク系住民の衝突は１３日も続き、放火や略奪が相次いだ。キルギス保健省によると死者は９７人に達し、負傷者は１２００人を超えた。臨時政府はジャラルアバド州全域に１０日間の非常事態を宣言し、治安部隊に発砲を許可するなど、事態は深刻化している。 １０日以降、衝突が続くオシ州では１３日も若者が火炎瓶などで住宅や学校に放火し、町は黒煙に包まれている。治安部隊はキルギス系とウズベク系の混在地域を中心に、女性や子ども、老人を安全な場所に避難させている。 隣のジャラルアバド州では１２日深夜、発砲が続き、軍部隊の拠点が占拠されて武器などが運び出された模様だ。大学やテレビ局、ウズベク系住民の居住区が放火され、千人以上の若者が商店を略奪し
Tens of thousands flee ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan
Escalating ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan has prompted tens of thousands of ethnic Uzbeks to flee the country. A third day of fighting in the south of the country has claimed nearly 100 lives, officials say. Witnesses speak of Kyrgyz men shooting ethnic Uzbeks and setting property alight; a BBC correspondent in the city of Osh has heard heavy gunfire.
キルギス：民族衝突の死者８２人…ロシアは介入に慎重 - 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)
【モスクワ大木俊治】中央アジアのキルギス南部オシなどで起きたキルギス系と少数派ウズベキスタン系住民との民族衝突で、キルギス保健省は１３日、死者が８２人に達し、負傷者が１０００人を超えたと明らかにした。キルギス臨時政府は１２日夜、治安回復にあたる部隊増派のため軍の予備役を招集し、現地に展開する部隊には暴徒への発砲を許可する指令を出した。 キルギス南部は４月の政変で国外追放されたバキエフ前大統領の地盤で、臨時政府は前大統領の親族らが権力奪回のため騒乱を引き起こしたと主張している。これに対し前大統領は１３日、ベラルーシで関与を否定する声明を発表した。 臨時政府のイサコフ国防相代行は１３日、改めてロシア軍に介入を求めたが、ロシアは慎重な姿勢を崩さず、１４日にロシアなど７カ国による「集団安保条約機構」の会議で対応を協議する考えだ。 インタファクス通信によると、オシでは１３日、両民族の長老グループによ
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