1 | I stayed in Kyrgyz yurts, walking 30 kilometers though the desert to reach two tiny Kyrgyz villages. | |
2 | Tensions are high, as Kyrgyz authorities declared a national state of emergency, and are enforcing curfews in at least three cities. | |
3 | Several sources told Human Rights Watch that Kyrgyz gangs are targeting Uzbek neighborhoods and that many Uzbek-owned homes, shops, and restaurants have been torched. | |
4 | Like many farmers in the Kyrgyz Republic, they couldn' t make ends meet as seed and fertilizer costs soared and food and dairy prices tripled. |