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The 2010 south Kyrgyzstan riots are ongoing clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan, primarily in the cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad, in the aftermath of the ouster of former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. It is part of the larger 2010 Kyrgyzstan crisis. Violence broke out on 9 June in Osh. By 12 June the violence had spread to Jalal-Abad, requiring the Russian-endorsed interim government led by Roza Otunbayeva to declare a state of emergency in an attempt to take control of the situation. As of 18 June 2010 it is reported that 2,000 ethnic Uzbeks have been killed, and 400,000–550,000 displaced, of which at least 85,000 have fled into the neighboring Uzbekistan.The eyewitnesses recount horryfying stories of atrocities commited by Kyrgyzs against Uzbeks. Amnesty International, HRW and other human rights and civil society groups have urged for independent investigation. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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UN Inter-agency site in support of humanitarian response
 - http://kg.humanitarianresponse.info (This website was created to support the coordinate of humanitarian response after the outbreak of civil unrest in the city of Osh between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in the 10 of June 2010.Ethnic tension has been growing in southern Kyrgyzstan following the overthrow of the previous government in early April. The Kyrgyzstan Humanitarian Response portal is a collaborative inter-agency website designed to enhance humanitarian coordination within the cluster approach and support the predictable exchange of information among humanitarian partners. The interagency portal includes general coordination pages for templates, contact lists, meeting schedule, meeting minutes, situation reports, funds appeals and tracking, guidelines; assessments (templates, full assessments); Information management (tools, templates, guidelines, reports, maps) and cluster specific web pages.
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UN OCHA Crisis Briefing Kit, courtesy Reliefweb
- Download comprehensive PDF here (~13Mb), generated 21 June 2010.
- Download comprehensive PDF here (~17Mb), generated 27 June 2010.
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