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Central Asia's week that was #8

Central Asia's week that was #8

Pogrom in Kyrgyzstan, protests in Kazakhstan, Rain (and more rain) all over the region. And then, sorcerers in Tajikistan, bank sold for cheap, and football news from Kyrgyzstan.

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May 22, 2024
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So this happened…

  • Violent mobs of young men in Kyrgyzstan’s capital laid siege to the dormitories of Pakistani university students. More than 40 people sustained injuries over a night of assaults. The attack was said to be a reprisal for the beating of a group of Kyrgyz men at the hands of foreign students – Egyptians, in fact – a few days earlier. Polic…

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