Several clashes between ethnic groups broke out in the wake of a political revolt on April 6 and 7, which resulted in the ouster of Kyrgyzstan's former president, Kurmanbek Bakiev.

An independent, international probe into ethnic bloodshed in southern Kyrgyzstan reported Tuesday that the military handed out weapons to Kyrgyz mobs who attacked minority Uzbeks last summer.

NARIMAN, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Kyrgyz government forces swept into an ethnic Uzbek village, beating men and women with rifle butts in an assault that left at least two dead and more than 20 wounded, ...

OSH, Kyrgyzstan As local authorities continue to investigate the fearsome outbreak of ethnic violence that gripped this provincial city four months ago, the experience of Zukhra Khakimova stands ...

What are the two groups fighting about? Money. Southern Kyrgyzstan is an economically depressed region, with an average annual income of less than half the national average of $2,150.

Reporting from Moscow — Ethnic violence that began as fistfights and escalated to raging gun battles broke out in the Central Asia nation of Kyrgyzstan, leaving at least 45 people dead and more ...

Tens of Thousands of Ethnic Uzbeks Have Fled Since Violence Broke ... She had left his body at their burned-down house in southern Kyrgyzstan while fleeing ethnic riots that reduced much of ...

A Tashkent-based rights group says exiled leaders from Kyrgyzstan's Uzbek community should be part of the reconciliation process in the wake of last year's clashes between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in ...

Five years after an ethnic conflict left hundreds dead and Kyrgyzstan’s second city smoldering, the uneven application of racial hatred laws is still hindering open conversations about nationalism.

Kyrgyzstan's current political situation is still marred by the shadows of corruption, ethnic injustice, and mistrust created by 2010's violence and the Soviet policies that helped fuel it. Start ...

A Kyrgyz group says it will hold a protest against a recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on the situation in southern Kyrgyzstan. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; ...

* Fragile calm in Kyrgyz city ravaged by violence * U.S., Russia watch with unease * Some aid struggling to reach Osh residents (Adds Karimov-Ban telephone call) By Dmitry Solovyov OSH, Kyrgyzstan ...