Blogging the democratic revolution
Nathan has posted his daily roundup today about what’s going on in Kyrgyzstan.
Nathan Hamm has posted his daily article on polical happenings in Russia’s “near abroad.” Democracy is on crack down.
I noticed a trackback on one of my posts by Winds of Change and followed the link. Apparently, Nathan from The Argus does a monthly roundup of all the news from the Caucasus over there. Make sure to check that out. As I have noted before, love stuff like this.
Nathan reports that the media has received its orders from the goverment to show the shining light on them and give as little coverage to the opposition as possible. Who would have guessed?
Nathan is posting daily entries in the elections in Central Asia. Check out his update for today as well as yesterday.
Make sure to check out Nathan, who is posting a lot on the elections in Central Asia. Right now he has a post up covering what is going on in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Lots of thoughts on the odds of a Lemon Revolution as well.
Nathan is staying on the situation with the Kyrgyz Election Watch. Make sure to keep checking for more information. Seems like the government is playing the “civil war” card. That, of course, being a card they made up.
Nathan has posted a roundup of news concerning Central Asia. I’m such a whore for these kinds of things.
Almost missed this other post by Nathan. Looks like he is keeping up with elections in Kyrgyzstan. More power to him; I certainly have to sleep at times! Lots of links and quotes and commentary. Check it out. I’ll try to find more information in the coming days as well. UPDATE: Russia obviously has a large interest in maintaining the status quo. Good article for some good information, though.
Nathan posts about the “not-so-veiled threats against NGOs” in Uzbekistan. I guess that is because they do engage in some pro-democracy, er, activities; but I’m obviously against blocking them out for that very reason. But it always makes me come to the conclusion that doing this will only further speed up the current regime’s downfall. Also posted is an interview with “President” Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan
And now a week later, it seems that the protesting has not let up. A little surprising; I thought it would have been dispersed much harsher. The government doesn’t really need to react though. They’ll possibly grant Roza Otunbaeva her ability to run… but that won’t change that most of the major media in the country will be favoring the current administration. With that kind of advantage, granting the opposition a small personal victory in exchange for a large political victory is priceless. I mean, then they can claim that the elections were fair and open, and that they have…
Just another before I go to sleep. Blogging is so addictive. I’m leaving this one up to The Argus. He’s got the lowdown on the shutdown of democracy in Kazakhstan. Fantastic commentary on the sad state of support and the disorganization of the opposition.
The protests in Kyrgyzstan have actually entered day three now, with more opposition groups joining in. The Argus has the news and some commentary. According to the most recent government response: There are no conditions for ???????velvet revolutions???????? to take place in Kyrgyzstan during the parliamentary and presidential elections, due to be held here in 2005, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Askar Aitmatov said here on Monday. … He urged the opposition not to use various forms of exerting pressure on the authorities, and to refrain from appeals to civil disobedience actions. This is like code for saying “we will stay in…
Word out of there is that the main opposition leader just got wrongfully denied ballot candidacy. Zamira Sydykova, editor in chief of the Kyrgyz opposition daily “Res Publica,” had this to say about the move by the administration: “I don????????t understand this hysteria,” said Sydykova of “Res Publica.” “I don????????t understand why Äthe authoritiesÅ decided to throw out Otunbaeva from a competition with Bermet, because Bermet already has a huge administrative resource. As they say, ????????the eyes of fear see danger everywhere.???????? I think, through this case, the authorities gave themselves away completely.” This mud is more visible on their…