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Big Win for Protesters in Kyrgyzstan, Putin’s Puppet Prime Minister Resigns

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Updated: Nov 19, 2021



ProtestBlog.org: October 7, 2020: Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister, Kubatbek Boronov, has resigned after widespread post-election protests which plunged the country into virtual political chaos with demonstrators first seizing Parliament by force and then taking over the government and public buildings. At least 5,000 people gathered in the capital Bishkek's Ala-Too square on Monday to demonstrate against what they believed to be fraudulent results in Parliamentary elections. By Tuesday evening the government was on the run and the protesters were taking charge. To serve as the new Prime Minister, they released their favorite politician from jail and installed him in office. Mr Japarov, the new Prime Minister had been serving an 11-year sentence for what was generally seen as a politically motivated conviction. Former president Almazbek Atambayev, was also released by the protesters.

Clearly, President Jeenbekov, Putin’s puppet, is on his way out. He claims to retain power but it is interesting to note that he is in hiding and claiming to rule from an undisclosed location; who his replacement will be remains unclear. The protest was largely peaceful at first, until smaller group splintered off and broke through the gates of the parliament building. The police used water cannon, stun grenades, and tear gas to try and clear the crowds from the main square and surrounding streets – all too little avail. The health ministry said nearly 700 people had been injured; nine people in intensive care and a 19-year-old man was killed. Demonstrators later flooded back into the central square and then began storming the parliament building, known as the White House. Not long after, smoke could be seen billowing out of the building.


Opposition leaders have set up a Coordination Council but there are reports they are divided, arguing over who gets specific government positions. The president's office remained under the control of protesters on Tuesday and crowds were reportedly ¨roaming the streets targeting businesses¨. Unfortunately, some looting does appear to to have accompanied this regime change from the streets.



Like Belarus, which has not been so easy to crack, the government of Kyrgyzstan up until this past Monday was controlled by the allies of Putin. This sends a signal of solidarity and strength to Belarus, also controlled by Putin proxies. Furthermore Kyrgyzstan stands on the border between the former USSR and China. We at Protest2020.com sincerely hope that it is not just Putin taking note of what happens to the puppets of tyrants, but Xi as well.


Across the border, China’s conflict with Uighurs in Xinjiang Province has steadily worsened this year, with several clashes turning deadly. China is Kyrgyzstan’s largest trading partner and Bishkek is eager to please Beijing. Thus, Uighur activism in Kyrgyzstan tends to come under intense scrutiny from the security agencies of both countries. It is quite understandable how Uighurs in Kyrgystan have caution mixed in with their optimism concerning recent events. On article is appropriate titled: Kyrgyzstan’s Uighurs Cautious, Still Fear Chinese Influence.



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All of us are vulnerable, and awareness is growing that we are all in this together. Nevertheless, the struggle, if it is to prove ultimately successful, is only just now beginning. While in many places, protests have turned violent and thousands of arrests have been made, there have not yet been large numbers of fatalities among climate change protestorss.

Score of protesters have died and continue to die, however, throughout 2021. Myanmar and Colombia come to mind. We at protestblog.org extend a special invitation to protesters from Myanmar, Colombian, and many other places where levels of social unrest accompanied by protest are very high. Become a blogger, write your own blog!

 

In other parts of the world, most notably the Middle East – home to warfare for decades – particularly in Iraq and its neighbor and former enemy Iran, hundreds of protestors have been killed with live, military-grade ammunition, over the course of the last couple of years. After several years of civil war in Syria, protest gradually gave way to military action, death and destruction. The numbers of people murdered by the governments of the region are not fully known, and especially hard to verify in Iran, where a brutal religious dictatorship maintains a thick cloak of secrecy over such information. It would be a special honor to host guest bloggers from this part of the world in particular.

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The Taliban are now whipping women in public, in the streets, as they deem necessary. While women continue to protest, they do so at their utmost, explicit peril. Iran retains a perilous hostility to the West that consumes its resources at the expense of its people. The hostility between China and the USA, in particular, bodes ill for the global economy, already hamstrung by COV-19. Those parts of the world most vulnerable to the ravages of climate change are already suffering; places like the Philippines are experiencing devastating and lethal storms, one after the other, breaking all historical records. At this writing, one heat wave after another is scorching North America with unprecedented temperatures, nurturing year after year of record-breaking fires.

Much of Australia, for example, was on fire at the beginning of 2020 - with the hottest temperatures on record - and few anticipate Australia to fare better in 2021. This is changing Australian lives, politics, and the consciousness of the ordinary Australian who is now getting involved in the struggle to save their island, and coming to a better understanding of how their survival is linked to the rest of the world. In Japan, forces are growing in protest to push the Japanese government towards support for the Hong Kong protestors, confronting mainland China; also supporting the struggles of minority groups in mainland China, reporting on government abuses, etc. The US government has expressed its full support for the Hong Kong protestors, further escalating tensions between these two superpowers along with ally Russia. These tensions were already at their most aggravated moments as a result of the US/China trade war. By early n2021, however, it was simply made clear that dissent from Communist authority in Hong Kong would simply not be tolerated in any form. For some time, increasing numbers have fled to the UK.

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