Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Protesters Target World Bank Debt Scheme
30 January 2007
YOUTH GROUPS ARE STRONGLY AGAINST HIPC Representatives of some youth and human rights groups protested in front of the parliament building in Bishkek, capital city, on 23 January 2007 against joining to the HIPC initiative. They promised they would offer their own plan of debt relief without HIPC. Minister of Economy and Finances Akylbek Japarov angrily responded on 26 January during a round table discussion that some NGOs were "financed by foreign funds to do their campaign", this caused (...)