NEWS WATCH: Kyrgyzstan Imposes State of Emergency After Gold Mine Riots
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BARSKOON/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The government of Kyrgyzstan has imposed a state of emergency on a northern district to protect one of the world's highest goldmines from protesters after clashes with police injured dozens of people.
Kygyzstan Girl “Burned” For Faith In Christ
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BISHKEK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A young Kyrgyz girl is forced to work in a sewing workshop after being tortured by her parents in Kyrgyzstan because she converted to Christianity, well-informed investigators said Tuesday, December 18.
Christians Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Facing Crackdown
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST/ASTANA/BISHKEK (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians in autocratically ruled Kazakhstan and neighboring Kyrgyzstan face church closures and state control over Christian materials amid a fresh crackdown by authorities on faith groups in the region, BosNewsLife learned Friday, December 14.
BREAKING NEWS: Kyrgyzstan Christians Receiving Death Threats As Ethnic Violence Kills 190
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
OSH/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Kyrgyz Christians were risking their lives Thursday, June 17, to help and shelter Uzbek believers in southern Kyrgystan, where ethnic clashes killed at least 190 people, injured 1,800 others and uprooted some 400,000 residents, Christian aid workers said.
NEWS WATCH: Kyrgyzstan Leaders Urge Calm Amid New Bloodshed
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BISHKEK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- New clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan have killed dozens of people and wounded more than 500 in the city of Osh, a little over two months after the uprising that toppled the Central Asian nation's former government. The United States and Russia - both of which have military bases in Kyrgyzstan - and China are watching the situation with concern.
BREAKING NEWS: Kyrgyzstan Christians Help Injured As Gunfire Rocks Presidential Rally
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with reporting from Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Kyrgyzstan continued praying and caring for injured survivors of their Central Asian nation's bloody uprising that killed at least 84 people, as gunfire interrupted a rally Thursday, April 15, of ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, witnesses and Christians said.
NEWS WATCH: OSCE Blasts ‘Vote Buying’ During Kyrgyzstan Election
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BISHKEK/BUDAPEST-- The organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, said Friday, July 25, that Kyrgyzstan's presidential wass overshadowed by widespread irregularities to ensure victory of the incumbent leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev.