In Osh security goons tell local journalists: "You're either with us or against us".
Yet the vast majority of homes destroyed in Osh, the centre of the violence, are in Uzbek neighbourhoods.
Sadykjan Makhmudov, a lawyer based in Osh province in the south of the country, who helps people arrested on religious grounds (almost all of whom are Uzbeks), says that evidence is often fabricated, and prison conditions are appalling.The media and the religious authorities have been enrolled to educate the population about the "true values" of Islam and advocate a moderate approach.
On May 13th some of his supporters seized the regional government headquarters in the city of Osh.
Yet, if Russia was right not to send troops to Kyrgyzstan, it was wrong to claim the country as part of a zone of privileged Russian interest.When ethnic clashes broke out in Osh 20 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev sent in Soviet troops.
TWO dozen older Kyrgyzstani men, a mix of ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks, while away a warm Saturday over chess in a central park in Osh.
Fears are growing about the harsh winter, when electricity supplies are always irregular.A resident of the regional capital, Osh, says city officials have begun distributing gas cylinders, but cannot say how much the liquid gas will cost or where to buy it.
The authorities say that he encouraged jihad; a congregant says Mr Kamalov had denounced IS and urged his followers to stay home.On March 27th the GKNB raided the office of Mr Kamalov's lawyer, Khusanbay Saliev, in Osh, Kyrgyzstan's second city, as well as his home and that of a colleague.
See articleKyrgyz horrorStreet-fighting in Osh, the largest city in southern Kyrgyzstan, between ethnic Kyrgyz and minority Uzbeks escalated rapidly into a pogrom.
The row came just two days after a visit from America's secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, who spoke of the improvement in bilateral relations.In this section A relationship reconsidered Green guise Rocky relations The perils of losing control Osh, b'gosh Modi immobilised Reprints Related items India and America: Happy ending?Mar 17th 2005Mr Modi, at least, seemed to enjoy the attention.
Widespread violations have taken place during the authorities' investigation into the violence, which took place around the cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad, mostly populated by Uzbeks.Though some of the parties go out of their way to present people of different ethnicities in their advertisements, relations between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz remain tense.
