NVA in Central Asia - 2009 January 27

Monday, 09 March 2009

Kyrgyzstan denies entry to prominent Russian rights activist
By: RFERL, February 26, 2009
An activist for the Moscow-based human rights group Memorial was denied entry at Manas Airport in Bishkek by Kyrgyz security officials and sent back to Russia. Vitaly Ponomaryov, head of Memorial's Central Asian program, flew to Bishkek to attend a press conference held by human rights activists on the independent investigation of public unrest and police actions during and after celebrations of the Islamic holiday Eid al-Fitr in October in the town of Nookat in the Osh region.
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Uzbekistan: Russian human rights group documents abuses
By: EurasiaNet, February 24, 2009
The Russian human rights organization Memorial is planning to release a list detailing political and religious persecution in Uzbekistan. The available evidence suggests that Uzbek authorities are using the threat of Islamic radicalism to mask efforts to crush domestic political opposition.
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Kazakhstan: Politics and society in times of crisis
By: Adil Nurmakov, Global Voices, February 23, 2009
Politics remain the major topic of the online discussions in Kazakhstan - much more frequently and intensely than in public life. One of the most recent events, widely discussed by the bloggers, was the establishment of the new state award - the title of the Kazakhstan's Hero of Labor (an analogue of the Hero of Socialist Labor in the Soviet Union). A number of officials initiated a campaign in support of giving the first title of the Labor Hero to the president of Kazakhstan.
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