tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174902168427916594.post3776780125028954931..comments2023-09-05T03:52:51.274-07:00Comments on DISPATCHES | R.B. Moreno, Ph.D.: Exit Osh (Updated)R.B. Morenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692175257149243815noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174902168427916594.post-21364810043682362302010-06-17T00:27:55.087-07:002010-06-17T00:27:55.087-07:00Thank you, RPCV. Very kind words.Thank you, RPCV. Very kind words.R.B. Morenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03692175257149243815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174902168427916594.post-12349113189843544102010-06-16T18:28:08.908-07:002010-06-16T18:28:08.908-07:00I am a RPCV currently attending the career confere...I am a RPCV currently attending the career conference in Washington DC.... I sat next to a RPCV from Kyrgyzstan who told me about your site. I have read your story on the NPR blog and I just wanted to wish you luck and thank you for your wonderful reporting. You are putting faces to a part of the world that is often times overlooked. I truly hope that all your friends and family from your area of service (as well as the innocent people the whole country over) are safe at this time. I also hope that PC will provide you with the proper support and service options to make you feel safe, well-adjusted and productive in the future. All my best!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174902168427916594.post-25590581015480328832010-06-16T00:09:13.229-07:002010-06-16T00:09:13.229-07:00To add to Chris's response, I'll only poin...To add to Chris's response, I'll only point out that my account avoids taking a political stance, or naming specific places and people. Instead, I tried to simply describe what I saw happening in Osh, as other volunteers do in communities around the world, every day. I should note that I have an additional obligation to reporting as a Master's International journalist with Colorado State University (http://bit.ly/t1DDf). I fail to see how this kind of unvarnished narrative becomes irresponsible or inappropriately reflective of anyone. Colleagues who experienced the same ordeal agree that the lack of reliable information about the situation in Osh necessitates that conditions there be made known. <br /><br />A postscript: As noted above, the Peace Corps requested late Tuesday that my blog's posts about Osh, and others like it, be removed in the short term, for reasons that can't be discussed. I've honored that request and as soon as our guidance changes "Exit Osh" will be re-posted here.R.B. Morenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03692175257149243815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174902168427916594.post-91123697457062068142010-06-15T17:22:27.053-07:002010-06-15T17:22:27.053-07:00@Anonymous (5:14am)-
Having personally lived in t...@Anonymous (5:14am)-<br /><br />Having personally lived in the area and experienced somewhat similar situations as the events posted on this site, I completely disagree with you that RBMoreno is being 'incredibly irresponsible.' I've read emails/blog posts from current Kyrgyz PCVs living in Osh and their descriptions of these events are not only similar but even more terrifying. RBMoreno describes this briefly at the end of his post ("calls to friends in Osh"). As was the case with the Andijan massacre (Uzbekistan) 5 years ago, PC has nothing to do with this tension and your comment re: "local-language skills" is off-point and irrelevant. One doesn't need to know the local language to understand that their life is potentially in danger by being at the wrong place at the wrong time. The (few) pictures and eye-witness accounts of this mayhem is "dirtying the reputation of the Kyrgyz" people (as was the case with the Uzbek government with Andijan). I think your lack of empathy for the PCVs who are caught in the middle of this chaos is incredibly irresponsible.<br /><br />Tinchlik Bolsan - BekChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785551002783485275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174902168427916594.post-6266636805559866372010-06-15T16:14:26.400-07:002010-06-15T16:14:26.400-07:00I think you are incredibly irresponsible for putti...I think you are incredibly irresponsible for putting up that post. You have been in-country for, what, 3 months? You probably have local-language skills the equivalent of about a 3-year old. Do you realize that Kyrgyz nationalists could use what you wrote as proof that PCVs are "dirtying the reputation of the Kyrgyz" and decide PC should be kicked out of the country?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174902168427916594.post-39055956172624556332010-06-15T14:29:20.710-07:002010-06-15T14:29:20.710-07:00Thanks, guys. Bek: indeed, "Exit Osh," p...Thanks, guys. Bek: indeed, "Exit Osh," posted here early Tuesday and later taken down, is the same account NPR is quoting. You know that region better than I do, so I'm sure this is hard to read. My thoughts are with everyone there.R.B. Morenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03692175257149243815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174902168427916594.post-34391944274378847742010-06-15T12:42:11.258-07:002010-06-15T12:42:11.258-07:00Raul...
Missed the NPR piece. Keep your head down ...Raul...<br />Missed the NPR piece. Keep your head down and keep reporting.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903181213061675928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174902168427916594.post-13750183933299069992010-06-15T11:38:21.171-07:002010-06-15T11:38:21.171-07:00Bek,
We just saw the NPR piece today by David Gur...Bek,<br /><br />We just saw the NPR piece today by David Gura on your chaotic travels through Bishkek. <br /><br />http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/06/15/127856493/leaving-osh-kyrgyzstan-an-eyewitness-account-from-a-former-npr-producer <br /><br />Stay safe and continue reporting when possible.<br /><br />BekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com