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Kyrgyzstan Election Marred By Ballot Box-Stuffing, Counting Irregularities: Monitoring Group

AP | PETER LEONARD | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan's presidential election, which the incumbent won by a landslide, was marred by ballot-box stuffing and widespre...

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Russia Forcing Team Of Monitors To Abandon Georgia Mission

AP | VERONIKA OLEKSYN | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

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VIENNA, Austria — A team of international monitors is ending its 16-year mission in Georgia after Russia refused to allow an extension of the as...

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A Land Where Nowhere Is Safe: A Lesbian Activist Speaks About Gender and Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Anna Kirey | Posted 11.15.2008 | Living

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Anna Kirey

The government does not even recognize officially that lesbian or bisexual women and transgender people exist. There is no place for us in a conservative, patriarchal value system.

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