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Russia behind Kyrgyzstan regime change?
A former Kyrgyz opposition leader now in the new government said "Russia played its role in ousting Bakiyev"–to halt US access to Manas air base.
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With China accused of detaining hundreds of thousands of Uighur Muslims without trial in its western province of Xinjiang, a BBC investigation analyzed satellite data to determine that the detention camp system in the region is rapidly expanding. Reviewing images from the European Space Agency's Sentinel satellite service, the BBC finds at least 40 such facilities across Xinjiang, half built within last two years—with a big thrust of construction just in the past six months. Among the largest is a "massive, highly secure compound" still being built at Dabancheng, about an hour's drive from the provincial capital, Urumqi. It is enclosed within a two kilometer-long exterior wall punctuated by 16 guard towers. (Photo via UNPO)
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China warns Switzerland against accepting Uighur Gitmo detainees
The Chinese Embassy in Switzerland warned that the Swiss government would jeopardize relations with China by accepting two Uighur Guantánamo Bay detainees.
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Kyrgyzstan: wave of attacks on the press turns deadly
Gennady Pavlyuk, who died after being thrown from a window in neighboring Kazakhstan, is the latest in a wave of Kyrgyzstan opposition journalists to face violent attack.
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Uzbekistan: pre-election crackdown intensifies
The Uzbek government is cracking down on rights activists before parliamentary elections, Human Rights Watch charges—while criticizing the West for staying silent.
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China opens new Caspian gas pipeline
Chinese President Hu Jintao is in Astana to unveil the Kazakh section of a 4,300-mile gas pipeline joining Central Asia to China—the first route strategically bypassing Russia.
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China: detainees “disappeared” after Xinjiang protests
A Human Rights Watch report charges the Chinese government with forced “disappearances” after the July 2009 protests in Urumqi, and demands that all detainees be accounted for.
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Eurasian bloc to counter Western control of hydrocarbons?
A series of new pipelines planned by Russia, China and Iran point to the emergence of a new Eurasian bloc in opposition to Western designs on the supercontinent’s hydrocarbon resources.
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Arunachal Pradesh: pawn in the new Great Game
China protested a visit by India’s prime minister to a region in Arunachal Pradesh claimed as Chinese territory—which was a CIA staging ground for Tibetan guerillas in the 1960s.
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Rebiya Kadeer protests Uighur death sentences
Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer protested death sentences handed down to six Uighur men this week for their role in July’s violent unrest in China’s Xinjiang region.
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China unveils letter blaming Rebiya Kadeer for Xinjiang violence
Chinese authorities released a letter purportedly written by relatives of the exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer blaming her for last month’s deadly unrest in Xinjiang.
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China to try suspects held after Xinjiang riots
China will begin trials over the next weeks for suspects accused in last month’s deadly riots in Xinjiang. Human rights groups have little confidence the tribunals will be fair.