News Digest
KYRGYZ OFFICIAL CONFIRMS 12 UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS MOVED FROM CAMP TO DETENTION
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Baitemir Ibraev, a prosecutor in Kyrgyzstan\'s Jalal-Abad Oblast, told RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service on 16 June that 12 Uzbek asylum seekers have been transferred from a camp to a detention facility in Osh. According to information provided by Uzbek authorities, the 12, who were part of a group of more than 400 asylum seekers currently housed in a camp in Jalal-Abad Oblast, had been serving prison terms in Andijon on charges of religious extremism, Ibraev said. They were freed during a prison break on the night of 12 May and subsequently fled to Kyrgyzstan.KYRGYZ ECONOMIC INDICATORS REGISTER DOWNTURN
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Ulan Sarbanov, head of Kyrgyzstan\'s Central Bank, announced at a press conference in Bishkek on 16 June that inflation has risen 5 percent since the beginning of the year, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. Prices for food products have jumped 13.5 percent.KYRGYZ FORCES BREAK UP THE PROTESTS
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Police in Kyrgyzstan have used tear gas in the capital, Bishkek, to disperse hundreds of protesters who had occupied part of the main government building. At least 20 people are said to have been hurt in the unrest, which saw protesters driven into side streets. The demonstrators support a candidate barred from July\'s presidential poll, but the acting leader has blamed the unrest on followers of his predecessor.RESIDENTS LEAVE CHECHEN VILLAGE FOR DAGHESTAN
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Residents of the village of Borozdinovskaya in Chechnya\'s Shelkovskii Raion are planning to take their belongings and resettle in a tent camp in Kizlyar Raion. The villagers, most of whom belong to ethnic groups indigenous to Daghestan, fear for their safety in the wake of the abduction of 11 villagers during a sweep operation on 4 June. (Interfax).Visit also
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Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
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