UN says 400,000 uprooted in Kyrgyzstan

[merig00]

Some 400,000 people have been displaced by ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, the United Nations announced Thursday, dramatically increasing the official estimate of a crisis that has left throngs of desperate, fearful refugees without enough food and water in grim camps along the Uzbek border.

Ethnic Uzbeks interviewed by Associated

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[doe_witch]

Fucking great.

[seagullsong]

I don't think my language has the words to communicate my feelings about this kind of stuff.

[ladypolitik]

So fucked up. -_-

God, Ive been looking at photojurnalism collections of this crisis. Fills a person with so much rage and despair. I cant even.

[lady_deirdre]

Thinking of a Photo Of The Day post about it?

I'd like some warning then, because I'll need to bring tissues.

[ladypolitik]

Yes, definitely. Still collecting the shots, but will *definitely* trigger-warn the post.

[pentha]

Just. Goddammit...