Kyrgyzstan: Parliamentary Elections Campaigning (29 images)

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  • Supporters of the Ar-Namis party wave flags and watch entertainers at a rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Security officials guard a protest rally at the headquarters of the Ata-Jurt party in Bishkek, where several dozen people stormed the building and set fire to campaign literature from the Ata-Jurt ("Fatherland") party outside the building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 6, 2010. Several women held posters with photos of relatives and friends killed during the April events in Bishkek that led to the ouster of former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Pedestrians stroll past peeling campaign posters in central Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • A Soviet-era statue of Vladimir Lenin stands across from the Kyrgyz parliament building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Military and security officials arrive at an Ar-Namis party rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Men converse in front of a shoe store, where several campaign posters are glued on buildings and street posts, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • A woman yells at a leader of the Ata Jurt ("Fatherland") party outside the party's headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 6, 2010. Several dozen people stormed the building and set fire to campaign literature from the Ata-Jurt party outside the building. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Military and security officials arrive at an Ar-Namis party rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Firefighters extinguish the smoldering remains of campaign literature of the Ata Jurt ("Fatherland") party after several dozen people stormed the party's headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 6, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • A supporter of the Ar-Namis party waves a flag at a rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Several women hold posters with photos of relatives and friends killed during the April events in Bishkek that led to the ouster of former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev at the headquarters of the Ata-Jurt ("Fatherland") party in Bishkek, where several dozen people stormed the building and set fire to campaign literature from the Ata-Jurt party outside the building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 6, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Entertainers at an Ar-Namis party rally wait to take the stage in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Feliz Kulov, leader of the Ar-Namis party and former Kyrgyz prime minister, watches entertainers during a rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Military and security officials arrive at an Ar-Namis party rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Volunteer security gather at an Ar-Namis party rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Security officials watch an Ar-Namis party rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Several people yell at a leader of the Ata Jurt ("Fatherland") party outside the party's headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 6, 2010. Several dozen people stormed the building and set fire to campaign literature from the Ata-Jurt party outside the building. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Security officials guard a protest rally at the headquarters of the Ata-Jurt party in Bishkek, where several dozen people stormed the building and set fire to campaign literature from the Ata-Jurt ("Fatherland") party outside the building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 6, 2010. Several women held posters with photos of relatives and friends killed during the April events in Bishkek that led to the ouster of former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Entertainers dance traditional Kyrgyz dances at an Ar-Namis rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Supporters of the Ar-Namis party and security officials watch entertainers at a rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Supporters of the Ar-Namis party wave flags at a rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Volunteer security gather at an Ar-Namis party rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • A woman yells at a leader of the Ata Jurt ("Fatherland") party outside the party's headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 6, 2010. Several dozen people stormed the building and set fire to campaign literature from the Ata-Jurt party outside the building. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Supporters of the Ar-Namis party wave flags and watch entertainers at a rally in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 5, 2010. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up.

  • Several people yell at a leader of the Ata Jurt ("Fatherland") party outside the party's headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 6, 2010. Several dozen people stormed the building and set fire to campaign literature from the Ata-Jurt party outside the building. As the parliamentary election campaign nears its end with election day taking place on Oct. 10, tensions between political parties and voters have heated up..

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