News Digest
HRW: UZBEK CRACKDOWN A \'MASSACRE\'
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Uzbekistan\'s crackdown on protesters in Andijan last month was a \"massacre\", according to Human Rights Watch, in the fullest report yet on the bloodshed. The US-based rights group called for Washington and the EU to suspend links with the Uzbek government until it allows an independent investigation. Tashkent says only 173 people, mainly Islamic militants, died in the protest.KAZAKH PRO-PRESIDENTIAL PARTIES FORM BLOC
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The pro-presidential Democratic Party and Asar party are forming a political bloc, but will remain separate organizations. \"We want to start pooling our efforts and invite other political parties who support reforms and the advancement of our political system without revolutions to join us,\" Democratic Party leader Maksut Narikbayev told reporters during an interval in an extraordinary party congress in Astana on Tuesday. Asar party is holding a similar congress in the same city.KYRGYZ PROSECUTORS ISSUE WARRANT FOR FORMER PREMIER
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Acting Prosecutor-General Azimbek Beknazarov told Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament on 6 June that the Prosecutor-General\'s Office has issued an order for the arrest of former Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. One charge against Tanaev, who is currently in Russia, involves alleged abuse of office involving 40 million soms ($977,000) in state funds that were allegedly transferred to a company controlled by Tanaev\'s son. Beknazarov said an investigative group will depart for Russia to interrogate Tanaev and attempt to arrange his return to Kyrgyzstan to face charges.KYRGYZSTAN TO CONSIDER REFUGEE STATUS FOR UZBEK CITIZENS
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The Kyrgyz authorities are considering Uzbek citizens\' requests for refugee status, First Deputy Foreign Minister Taalai Kadyrov told a press briefing on Monday. \"The Kyrgyz authorities will see how Uzbek citizens, who are temporarily staying in the republic, correspond to the refugee status,\" he said. The Kyrgyz and Uzbek foreign ministers had consultations in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh on June 4, he said.Visit also
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Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Rethinking Greater Central Asia: American and Western Stakes in the Region and How to Advance Them, June 2022
Oped Svante E. Cornell & Albert Barro, With referendum, Kazakh President pushes for reforms, Euractiv, June 3, 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell Russia's Southern Neighbors Take a Stand, The Hill, May 6, 2022.
Silk Road Paper Johan Engvall, Between Bandits and Bureaucrats: 30 Years of Parliamentary Development in Kyrgyzstan, January 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell, No, The War in Ukraine is not about NATO, The Hill, March 9, 2022.
Analysis Svante E. Cornell, Kazakhstan’s Crisis Calls for a Central Asia Policy Reboot, The National Interest, January 34, 2022.
Book S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell, Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, December 2021.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Starr & Albert Barro, Political and Economic Reforms in Kazakhstan Under President Tokayev, November 2021.