Kyrgyzstan Update -- "together against fear"

The Kyrgyz protest continues unabated and the forces of repression are swinging into action. The American media have hardly noted this aspect of the global freedom initiative, perhaps because of unfamiliarity, but more I suspect because it clearly draws its inspiration from Ukraine rather than Iraq. Nevertheless it is exciting stuff and potentially of great geo-strategic importance. And, it's a great human story. Check it out.

thinking-east.net has a lot of "news from the ground".

Excerpts:

Today Naryn, Jalal Abad, Issyk Kul and Bishkek have people protesting against the government's dominance and attempt to control the elections in terms of who gets elected....

The most dangerous situation prevails in Jalal-Abad. In Jalal-Abad, about 10 000 people are continuing to block the oblast administration and protest in the central park....

There are also about 200 people in Osh who came from Kara-Kulja. 1,000 people from Uzgen are starting to march on Osh....

In addition, there is a new youth organization being formed - "Birge" (together against fear)....

[A] lot of people here suspect those demonstrators to be paid to be out there and it's hard to assess whether they're for real. This whole election was bound to have some 'colour revolution' elements in it, opposition leaders had been clamouring for that all along, but I'm not sure if there is enough mass unrest to spark off a Georgian or Ukrainian-style revolution....

There's a lot more. Read about it here.

And there's more at Registran.net.

A sample:

A peace-corps volunteer writes:

The other day, while visiting Jalalabad, I heard the roar of a crowd. A little while later, while walking by the government administration building, I saw the lawn covered with people waving pink flags and banners. Ukraine had its Orange Revolution, and Kyrgyzstan I guess is having the pink revolution. Well, in Jalalabad anyway.

There's a whole lot more. Check it out here.

And of course there is always Publius Pundit. Read him here.

UPDATE:

Photos here [hat tip Instapundit].