Protestors' families in Talas region have been persecuted and the militia threatens them with fines because a person in their family supports Feliks Kulov. Picketers are not allowed to leave the square. I cannot go where I want to go but Akayev can. We have the same law for everyone. We are not afraid and have nothing to lose.
Somebody has to sit here and demand justice for the future of our children.
We don't want violence. But Akayev is the one who causes problems. Akayev fed us with democracy but after the elections that looked more like war with the firing of guns and the beating of people, we see that Kyrgyzstan is not what we want it to be. Three of us are ready to burn ourselves in the name of justice. An ethnic Kyrgyz woman tells anyone who comes by and is willing to listen.