This is how "democracy" is spread for the purpose of Globalization.

First, a bit of official news about Kyrgyzstan:(Who by the way just recently experienced an earthquake measuring eight on the Richter scale .)


Kyrgyzstan is a destitute, landlocked mountainous nation of around five million people that borders China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. A pivotal American ally in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan has hosted an important American air base since 2001.

An interim government came to power in April 2010 after antigovernment protesters helped topple the president, whom the opposition accused of usurping power after large-scale antigovernment protests broke out around the country. More than 80 people were killed, and hundreds wounded. The unrest prompted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to flee Bishkek. A transitional government led by a former foreign minister, Roza Otunbayeva, took power.

In June, four days of ethnic rioting erupted in the southern city of Osh, putting the country in serious danger of fragmenting. Accounts from witnesses lent powerful credence to suspicions that the violence was organized, pointing to pro-Bakiyev rogue elements of the Kyrgyz government and military. The provisional government, unable to quell the attacks, lost control of large areas in the southern part of the country, never fully winning over the ethnic Kyrgyz leaders in the south.

Instead, an uneasy truce took hold, analysts of the region say: in exchange for nominal support, the southern elite were given carte blanche to rule as they pleased at home. Persecution of the Uzbek minority ensued, flaring in June but still continuing.

The people of Kyrgyzstan approved a new constitution in late June 2010, setting the stage for the first parliamentary democracy in Central Asia. The vote went ahead despite criticism that thousands of people, mostly minority Uzbeks, were still in mourning or displaced from their homes after the violence, and were unlikely to vote, undermining the legitimacy of the election in the very community where the government most needs a mandate.

The new leadership was riven by infighting ahead of the parliamentary elections in October. Supporters of the government appeared to be on the way to winning seats in a new Parliament after the elections, but were likely to be compelled to form a coalition with at least some figures from the previous government.

KYRGYZSTAN URGED TO PROVIDE TRUTH AND JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE


Hundreds of thousands were forced to flee their homes during the June violence
© UNHCR/S. Schulman

16 December 2010
The Kyrgyzstan authorities are failing to provide justice for the thousands of victims of human rights abuses during four days of violent ethnic clashes which tore through southern Kyrgyzstan in June 2010, Amnesty International said in a report published today.

Partial Truth and Selective Justice examines the efforts to establish the truth about what happened during four days that saw large-scale arson, looting and violent attacks, including killings and sexual violence sweep through southern Kyrgyzstan, disproportionately affecting majority Uzbek-populated areas. Hundreds were left dead and hundreds of thousands were forced to flee their homes.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/kyrgyzstan-urged-provide-truth-and-justice-victims-violence-2010-12-16

NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.


Editor’s note: With five formal inquiries into the violence that erupted in southern Kyrgyzstan last year, one would think that some kind of consensus would be emerging about what exactly happened. However, according to the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR)’s Dina Tokbaeva, “all the investigative work done to date has tended to confirm existing prejudices rather than encourage a desire to learn new facts and take alternative views on board, with a view to building reconciliation.” Re-published from IWPR at the request of Dina.

Now that not one but five formal inquiries have filed reports about the causes of ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan last year, one would think a generally-agreed version of the truth would be starting to emerge.

Yet the Central Asian nation seems further away than ever from reaching a common understanding of what happened, who was behind the violence, and what it means for the future of the country.


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Efforts to restore order to the regions affected by the violence, and investigate the crimes committed during it, have been undermined by apparent ethnic bias and ongoing human rights violations.

Reports of arbitrary detentions, torture and ill-treatment and unfair trials are widespread.

Search operations by security forces following the violence, ostensibly to seize weapons and detain suspects, were reportedly carried out using excessive force. Hundreds of men, the majority Uzbek, were arbitrarily detained and allegedly beaten during raids and later in detention.

FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/kyrgyzstan-urged-provide-truth-and-justice-victims-violence-2010-12-16