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New United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres Monday urged countries to grant asylum to refugees rather than seal borders because of fears of terrorism. His call came at the end of a three-day visit to...

The Kyrgyz prosecutor general's office said Thursday that Kyrgyzstan plans to deport a group of 29 Uzbek asylum seekers despite UN denunciation of four earlier deportations over the possibility that the returned individuals may...

The chairman of the Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court said Tuesday that the court was getting back to work on Tuesday after a month of disruptions cause by protests and occupation of their courthouse in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek....

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Friday denounced the deportation of four Uzbek men from Kyrgyzstan and appealed to the Kyrgyz government to cease further deportation of asylum seekers until procedures determine if they are refugees...

Kyrgyzstan Prosecutor General Azimbek Beknazarov announced Monday that he had issued an international arrest warrant for former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev , believed to be hiding in Moscow, Russia after fleeing there following the April ouster of...

Protesters returned to the Supreme Court in Kyrgyzstan again on Thursday to demand the resignation of several judges. A violent clash on Wednesday initially ousted the protesters, who had occupied the building since April...

Protestors clashed with 200 members of rival groups in front of the Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court on Wednesday, throwing sticks and flogging each other with horse-whips. The instigators, who arrived in buses from the North, stormed the court to evict...

The head of Uzbekistan's Independent Human Rights Organization was quoted Saturday as saying that some 200 people were killed in the eastern city of Andijan Friday when government forces backed by tanks opened fire on demostrators in...

Leading Friday's international brief, Togolese Interior Minister Francois Esso Boko told reporters late Thursday night that he was recommending that what he called the "suicidal electoral process" - the presidential election scheduled for Sunday - be postponed, warning that...

The Kyrgyzstan Parliament, meeting for the fourth time on the issue of former President Askar Akayev , finally accepted his formal resignation Monday by a majority vote. The parliament had struggled to approve the resignation, as some members...